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Se niente importa: Perché mangiamo gli animali? by Irene Abigail Piccinini, Jonathan Safran Foer
yarelieliza's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of those rare books whose content sticks with me as I go about my day, and I'm sure it with stick with me as I go about my year and the rest of my life. Only about 2 other books of the hundreds I've read in my lifetime have been able to do this. JSF has challenged me to live my values by no longer living on the fence of "plant-based eating when convenient or for as long as it remains convenient." This book, with its well rounded presentation of various arguments on both sides, was the nail in the coffin of my formerly omnivorous ways. I cannot recommend it enough. It should be required reading in schools because we owe ourselves, our planet, future generations, and animals that much.
murdoch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
pikkugrepu's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
sbgage's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
philosopiscis's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
causeforalarm's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredibly important book for anyone--particularly American--who eats anything that was factory farmed. It forces you to set aside the ignorance you've chosen to fall into and look at the myriad of serious, pressing problems radiating from factory farming and affecting the entire planet. It's also an appeal to your morality and compassion.
Don't make the mistake of assuming that this is a purely pro-vegan lecture, a collection of "farm animals are all so sad" stories. (The author does spend some time proposing relatively humane ways to eat animals.) Animal suffering is definitely detailed in this book, but it is only one of several aspects thoroughly examined. Even if you are completely numb to the suffering of animals, you will find something in here to care about. It may come across as quite a radical text to some, and you may be tempted to dismiss much of it as sensationalist or exaggerated, but note that there's 60 pages at the end of the book detailing his sources.
This is not a happy book. You will feel uncomfortable through the whole thing. But you need to reed it.
Don't make the mistake of assuming that this is a purely pro-vegan lecture, a collection of "farm animals are all so sad" stories. (The author does spend some time proposing relatively humane ways to eat animals.) Animal suffering is definitely detailed in this book, but it is only one of several aspects thoroughly examined. Even if you are completely numb to the suffering of animals, you will find something in here to care about. It may come across as quite a radical text to some, and you may be tempted to dismiss much of it as sensationalist or exaggerated, but note that there's 60 pages at the end of the book detailing his sources.
This is not a happy book. You will feel uncomfortable through the whole thing. But you need to reed it.