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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Yes I will stop eating animal products...but can I also stop reading this book?? Very compelling in parts, but writing/tone off for me (esp the interview-w-himself section
Such an important message, but such a poorly executed piece of writing. I had high hopes for this book and I still think people should read maybe the first half. The facts are sound and the theory of knowing but not believing makes absolute sense to me. However, I feel I have just finished reading a collection of random thoughts and unrelated news items and I can't help but wondering why nobody to the time to edit them.
[b:We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast|43565381|We Are the Weather Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast|Jonathan Safran Foer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1561482223l/43565381._SY75_.jpg|67684936] is a beautiful book about the difference between knowledge and belief as it relates to people's willingness to change their lives to save the lives of others. [a:Jonathan Safran Foer|2617|Jonathan Safran Foer|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1466172069p2/2617.jpg] builds a compelling argument that the small actions are necessary to create big change in the world before he lays out his primary argument: reducing our consumption of animal products is the best way to combat climate change. Really, the vegetarian / vegan argument is secondary in this book, it is primarily a meditation on what people are willing to sacrifice for the greater good. I really loved this book and found in incredibly timely and prescient. Moving and bleak and hopeful and deeply troubling, this is a fantastic book.
Definitely written for Times-reading, Prius-driving, oat-milk-sipping liberals like most of my friends — but in a good way. It challenges us not just to believe a thing, but to act on it.
I dunno man, this is a tough one to review. 3 stars for presentation, 5 for content and thought-provoking-ness. Its basic premise is, "eat vegan to help save the planet" but at the same time acknowledges it isn't that simple [duh]. JSF sprinkles in the death of his grandmother and the Polish journalist who attempted to warn Justice Frankfurter about the Holocaust. He quite nimbly ties those into his premise but also does an eye-rolling amount of navel-gazing. It's a very quick read, so if this confusing review has intrigued you, it's low commitment.
informative
reflective
While impactful in places it often felt patronizing. I enjoyed the moments of self doubt and the author's conversation with himself but it lost the thread in places. It was all over the place for me but I still enjoyed the experience.
I liked the first half, especially Part I where Franzen frames the importance of individual contributions with historical examples of small, collective sacrifices in crises. Those concrete examples (like you probably can’t lift a crashed car, but you can pull over for the ambulance) are likely to stick with me. You certainly aren’t going to fix it yourself, but you are in no way off the hook for contributing either.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced