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Se niente importa: Perché mangiamo gli animali? by Irene Abigail Piccinini, Jonathan Safran Foer
6 reviews
hmetwade's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Torture, Grief, and Violence
alisylvi's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture
natrabbits's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
5.0
As a vegetarian, this book was very difficult and I had to skip portions and return to them. Foer's arguments have been useful in my conversations with non-vegetarians. If you are looking for a reason to stop eating meat, read this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
sophieennis's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture
vicanarc_'s review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This is a good book if you are already vegetarian because it will give you facts to despute people's arguments against vegetarianism.
This book is in no way pleasent to read, but it tells the truth, and you can't deny it.
It's not pretty, but we have to come to term with the effects we have as white western capitalistic people when we eat animal products, and especially meat.
The author is in no way condesceding or "pushy" in his views, he is not the stereotypical "annoying" vegeterian. As a newbie vegan, i actually found him way too soft, but i understand that's the best way to present data to people who may not be already familiar with the topic
This book is in no way pleasent to read, but it tells the truth, and you can't deny it.
It's not pretty, but we have to come to term with the effects we have as white western capitalistic people when we eat animal products, and especially meat.
The author is in no way condesceding or "pushy" in his views, he is not the stereotypical "annoying" vegeterian. As a newbie vegan, i actually found him way too soft, but i understand that's the best way to present data to people who may not be already familiar with the topic
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, and Torture
krsweet's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
2.5
The book was an interesting look into animal welfare in farming. I am glad for the descriptions of the practices, but some of the inclusions (such as information from PETA, which has been known to falsify claims) detract from the overall message. Some passages struck me as particularly dated as well, with language around human suffering throw in for shock value, especially mentions of sexual abuse and slavery. I wouldn't recommend this book to a friend, for those reasons, but I did gain a lot from it. I don't think I can take the word of the author as fact, but I do think his argument was persuasive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
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