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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer

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texassizedreads's review

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emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

While I appreciated and agreed with the overall message of the book and what he was trying to inspire in the reader, there were several times where he made some scientifically innacurate statements. Not even about climate statistics but basic things like displacement theory. I don’t think that makes his argument any less important, but as someone with a scientific background it certainly bothered me. I could also see people using the incorrect statements as a reason to discredit the book as a whole, so I wish he would edit those things and make a new edition. I also didn’t appreciate the several instances of fatphobia. 
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challenging dark informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I found this more challenging than I initially thought I would. I'm vegan and this book is largely about how our choices with food are one of the ways we can make the biggest impact on the climate crisis. So shouldn't I have smug in the way that people often lambast vegans for being? Rather than fit the uncharitable stereotype I felt increasing dread with every page. Will it really be enough. Will we really be able to do it. This book doesn't answer those questions, and it's not as didactic as Eating Animals. I really appreciated having a deep dive into the existential side of climate change. If you're unconvinced that reading a book can help with sorting out your feelings about the biggest crisis we're going to face together as people I would highly recommend Leena Norm's POSITIVE PANIC series on YouTube. 
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