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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
I remember finding Eating Animals to be very compelling and informative, so I expected the same from this. But instead it reads like a compilation of columns or essays about the author's various musings about why people don't do more, individually and collectively, to face the climate crisis. Overall I probably agree with his messaging, but so far this has been a frustrating read with each chapter being <5 pages of ramblings. I honestly can't tell who this is for, except maybe mildly concerned moderates with short attention spans for reading, who need really obvious things pointed out to them. That sounds harsh, but I've read a lot of books about sustainability, adapting to the climate crisis, lowering personal and collective environmental impact, etc. and this is by far the most underwhelming and unhelpful one.
“Sometimes I already miss what I haven’t yet lost.”
“Sadness and joy aren’t opposites of each other. They are each the opposite of indifference.”
“Sadness and joy aren’t opposites of each other. They are each the opposite of indifference.”
Questo libro mi ha fatto venire voglia di diventare vegetariana e mi ha insegnato molto su come farlo. Non è un libro moralista che ti svergogna perché mangi carne, ma ti insegna gentilmente che anche solo ridurre un poco il proprio consumo di carne aiuta il pianeta e che non è amorale o cattivo mangiare un po' di carne anche se sei vegetariano. Ho molto apprezzato anche l'autore che egli stesso racconta del proprio percorso con l'essere vegetariano.
Ma soprattutto questo libro mi ha dato molta speranza per il futuro.
Ma soprattutto questo libro mi ha dato molta speranza per il futuro.
slow-paced
TW: brief mention of s*icide
The first two chapters were fine, even engaging, but then I really think Safran Foer lost his mojo. The chapter where he talks to his conscience was tedious at best, almost unreadable at worst (and I’m a fan of challenging prose!)
Not to mention the steadily increasing use of “suicide” as an event/emblem/word towards the end of this book - this was far too macabre, and I almost started counting how many times he wrote the word. Surely this doesn’t inspire the kind of forthrightness and optimism needed to tackle climate change?!
This was too navel-gazey and depressingly insular for a book about climate change.
The first two chapters were fine, even engaging, but then I really think Safran Foer lost his mojo. The chapter where he talks to his conscience was tedious at best, almost unreadable at worst (and I’m a fan of challenging prose!)
Not to mention the steadily increasing use of “suicide” as an event/emblem/word towards the end of this book - this was far too macabre, and I almost started counting how many times he wrote the word. Surely this doesn’t inspire the kind of forthrightness and optimism needed to tackle climate change?!
This was too navel-gazey and depressingly insular for a book about climate change.
reflective
slow-paced
I really liked his book eating animals but this book… I didn't love. Perhaps it's because ten years later, I'm a different human being but his call for individual change just doesn't move me in this context. I do believe that individual choices are important and that we should do our parts whether it be reducing our meat consumption, our electricity usage, recycling and composting… Yet, all of these things are small drops in the bucket compared to sweeping national and international policies that we need to truly combat climate change. We cannot save the planet by individually choosing to eat plant based diets—we need policy change.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I’m very down for the overall takeaway here (TLDR: eating less to no animal product is one of the most impactful environmental acts you can make as an individual) but the style was jarring and, idk, too self referential? That’s not quite it , but it didn’t work for me, sadly.
Anyway: we are spiraling to extinction. Please consume less animal products.
Anyway: we are spiraling to extinction. Please consume less animal products.