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I didn't finish this. Maybe I chose the book for the wrong reason: I was hoping for some concrete steps I could take to reduce my environmental footprint. But after several chapters of being beaten over the head with long-winded and (only occasionally relevant) stories and facts about how we are all doomed, I just gave up. Maybe we are all doomed, but that wasn't why I was reading the book!
Really surprised that he managed to somehow have a couple of fatphobic moments in here. Like... why? But otherwise pretty decent. Goes a little off the rails in the second half.
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Let me start off by saying that I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Jonathan Safran Foer discusses climate change in a way that is both deeply relatable, frighteningly frank, and completely un-self righteous. I have never heard, seen, or read any discussion of earth's use as an animal farm as a leading factor of climate change, but Foer presents an enormous amount of research-backed data that is glossed over by climate change activists who want to avoid making people uncomfortable. He is honest about his own short-comings in taking steps for the planet, but he also reminds us that trying and sometimes failing to make positive changes in our lifestyle is far better than giving up any attempts at environmental good. It's mind-blowing that a book about climate change can leave a reader feeling even a modicum of hope, but Foer has somehow managed to pen a book that made me feel hopeful and inspired me to take his charge as a personal one. A must read.
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This book may be a few years out of date but is the most beautifully written book on climate change I’ve ever read. I loved it.
I wish I could wave a magic wand and the whole world read this book together. So important. We all need to read this book, and read it again. I will be thinking about this book for the rest of my life. This book & braiding sweet grass are the two most important books I’ve ever read. Highly recommend.
Had trouble finishing this one. I got a lot from Eating Animals, and agree with most of what was covered (at least in the first half) but this book was disjointed to the point of frustration. Some of the parallels between climate change and other historical events were too loosely made to be cohesive. There was also an entire chapter where he refers to “it” without actually telling you what he’s talking about; I read the chapter twice feeling like I was going crazy and missing the point. I wasn’t - he reveals what “it” is in the next chapter. Ugh.
He's an excellent writer, but this was part autobiography, part introspective philosophy, with just a tiny smattering of science and his actual point.
Yes we all should go vegan asap, but why just breakfast and lunch? What's the point of eating meat at all when the author KNOWS how bad it is for him, the planet, and the animals? I understand that perfect can be the enemy of good, but. I don't know. He just lost me here.
What actually WAS interesting was his telling of his family history. His flawed logic for veganism but not really was ok, but hearing his accounts of his Jewish family and how the Holocaust affected them all was incredibly interesting and sad.
Tldr not a very good book about veganism, very good book about philosophy and history.
Yes we all should go vegan asap, but why just breakfast and lunch? What's the point of eating meat at all when the author KNOWS how bad it is for him, the planet, and the animals? I understand that perfect can be the enemy of good, but. I don't know. He just lost me here.
What actually WAS interesting was his telling of his family history. His flawed logic for veganism but not really was ok, but hearing his accounts of his Jewish family and how the Holocaust affected them all was incredibly interesting and sad.
Tldr not a very good book about veganism, very good book about philosophy and history.