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breadbummer's review against another edition
4.5
My main critiques come from aspects that I'm not really sure can be helped. For one, a lot of jokes/silly comparisons/what have you are repeated multiple times throughout the book, which made me a bit tired of the "(whoever) wouldn't do (a specific thing) if they had (a specific weapon) to their head" (for now). Along with that, maybe it's just because I'm a midwesterner, but I was kind of appalled at how short the trip to the Midwest was. I mean, c'mon, not counting the chapter on Chicago, just Ohio and Wisconsin...? A huge swath of the country is being missed out on. But at the same time, I get it—Loftus has already been on the road for weeks eating variations of the same grotes ue food just about every day and is also
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, and Animal death
Moderate: Excrement, Sexual content, Stalking, Body shaming, and Murder
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Vomit, and Alcohol
corriespondent's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Racism
Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Alcohol, Eating disorder, and Vomit
jourdanicus's review against another edition
5.0
Yeah, idk, it was good. Interesting. If you like "micro histories" you'll like this. If you're vegan you will either love this or hate it. You'll definitely like it if you like podcasts. Being narrated by the author makes the audiobook even better!
Re: content warnings - they are listed in the beginning of the book so that's helpful if I missed some here.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, Animal death, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcohol, Police brutality, Colonisation, Eating disorder, and Stalking
caseythereader's review against another edition
3.75
- A few days after finishing RAW DOG, I'm still not sure what to make of it. I do know that I was riveted, deeply invested in Loftus' physical and emotional journey of eating hot dogs across the country.
- Loftus is able to place the history of the hot dog into the larger context of the country, connecting them to everything from the Great Depression to modern gentrification.
- It made me desperately want a hot dog, but also gave me vicarious meat sweats. While I think it was a bit overlong in the end, if you can stomach all the meat talk and want a read outside your usual lane, RAW DOG is worth checking out.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Animal death, Cancer, Alcohol, Cursing, Vomit, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, and Racism
imstephtacular's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, and Cursing
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, and Eating disorder
Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief