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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
3.5/5
Nie dowiedziałem się z tej książki absolutnie niczego nowego, narracja była prowadzona typowo dla osoby nieznającej się na tym temacie całkowicie (dziwne metafory i porównania, które miały ułatwić zrozumienie powagi tematu, a w rzeczywistości jedynie zanudzają). Tak naprawdę można wyciąć z książki 4/5 rozdziałów, zostawiając tylko drugi, w którym znajdują się wypunktowane fakty (poparte biografią) w odwrotnej kolejności przyczynowo-skutkowej (od ogólnych faktów na temat zmiany klimatu, do szczegółów dlaczego hodowla zwierząt na skalę przemysłową źle na klimat wpływa). Reszta książki to prywata autora, próbująca (nieudolnie) nakłonić czytelnika do przejścia na weganizm.
Dla osoby początkującej w temacie zmian klimatu - warto. Dla osób, które znają podstawowe fakty - nie warto.
Nie dowiedziałem się z tej książki absolutnie niczego nowego, narracja była prowadzona typowo dla osoby nieznającej się na tym temacie całkowicie (dziwne metafory i porównania, które miały ułatwić zrozumienie powagi tematu, a w rzeczywistości jedynie zanudzają). Tak naprawdę można wyciąć z książki 4/5 rozdziałów, zostawiając tylko drugi, w którym znajdują się wypunktowane fakty (poparte biografią) w odwrotnej kolejności przyczynowo-skutkowej (od ogólnych faktów na temat zmiany klimatu, do szczegółów dlaczego hodowla zwierząt na skalę przemysłową źle na klimat wpływa). Reszta książki to prywata autora, próbująca (nieudolnie) nakłonić czytelnika do przejścia na weganizm.
Dla osoby początkującej w temacie zmian klimatu - warto. Dla osób, które znają podstawowe fakty - nie warto.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I absolutely, 100% agree with the premise of the book, so my rating is not based on non-agreement. Rather, I don't like the style in which it is written, and that is the basis of my rating. I found the book disjointed, and the conversations he had with himself bizarre. Read it or don't, but please go vegan, y'all!
I'm glad I read this book. Foer walks through many of the conversations I have had with myself about the climate and in some places (not all) reaches conclusions I have sought for without success: what level of action is 'enough,' what are the right things to do, how does ignoring impending climate disaster compare with other moral failures of our recent history, why is it so hard to just change the way I/we live? And I enjoyed that. But overall, I would say this was a very average contribution to the collective of books I have been reading about climate change and what it means for us as humans. It is a quick read, which made putting/keeping it on my list fairly easy.
This book gets 2 stars only because I finished it but that wasn’t easy. This was a self-indulgent rambling mess.
The premise of the book is that we should eat less animal products in order to help climate change. If he mentions this, even briefly, in 50 pages out of 223, I’d be surprised. The one chapter where he does speak about it directly is done in point form without explanations, as though he expects his reader to be too stupid to be able to understand the science. So the reader gets story after story about his grandmother, WWII, the Hubble telescope, landing on the moon, the first pair of glasses, just to name a few.
Eating Animals was transformative. This book was not. If this was the only book you read about animal products affecting the planet, you’d not be even remotely convinced to reduce your consumption. What a shame to waste such a good opportunity to educate people about such an important topic. A squandered opportunity.
The premise of the book is that we should eat less animal products in order to help climate change. If he mentions this, even briefly, in 50 pages out of 223, I’d be surprised. The one chapter where he does speak about it directly is done in point form without explanations, as though he expects his reader to be too stupid to be able to understand the science. So the reader gets story after story about his grandmother, WWII, the Hubble telescope, landing on the moon, the first pair of glasses, just to name a few.
Eating Animals was transformative. This book was not. If this was the only book you read about animal products affecting the planet, you’d not be even remotely convinced to reduce your consumption. What a shame to waste such a good opportunity to educate people about such an important topic. A squandered opportunity.
Climate change - we all know it is here, but we are not motivated to change anything in our lives. Foer makes many analogies - his Jewish ancestors deciding whether to flee the Nazis, or wait to see if the government would protect them. He discusses the pressure needed to cause people to make changes, i.e. anti-smoking campaign. He discusses things we can do right now to help combat climate change - eat animal products only once a day, use air travel less, have fewer children, drive cars less. I believe we are reaching a tipping point. He says we are committing mass suicide. I make small changes, avoiding plastic and eating less meat, but have yet to be motivated to make bigger changes.
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
I have so many mixed feelings about this book - very easy to read (in most parts) and lots of fun facts (not just about climate change) but at times it was self-serving (one of the longest chapters is a conversation with his own soul???? like c'mon!), hope-less and provided no productive or actionable steps to reduce our own carbon footprint (other than going vegan, which he himself struggles with!!!!) I was hoping for more actions given the fact the tagline is Saving the planet begins at breakfast.
I'm not sure if I will recommend this book to others but I am glad I read it and,as a vegan, I'm feeling pretty chuffed with my contributions.
I'm not sure if I will recommend this book to others but I am glad I read it and,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide
informative
slow-paced
Profound
Some sections were difficult to process in audio format.
Some sections were difficult to process in audio format.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
“Clinging to a fantasy is every bit as dangerous as dismissing a viable plan.”
As I work through my owned TBR I decided to pick this up (on audio read by the author) for 2 reasons; 1-I needed a podcast type experience for my morning walk and this was a perfect length and 2- (and more importantly) because I knew what this book was going to say and I wanted to hear it. Was in the headspace for it.
On the “fact” level I didn’t really learn anything new. When you are interested in History and Climate Change it will be familiar but at this current time in my life, privileged with the fruits of hard mental and physical work and after years of having little choice — I am finally in a position to do what I want in some aspects of life and to choose to be actively engaged in the “why” of it all, questioning my own intent. Above all I am well and capable enough to be told that, “to save the planet we must all of *this*”… then DO it.
It may seems like, even as I have worded it, that this book is self-righteous and virtue signaling, but it’s not. Honest? Sure. To enact real change we must be honest. However, it is also sympathetic and understanding, and For even owns and is candid about his own hypocrisies and devotions to “comfort”. The message seems to be to take ego out of it, accept objective reality, and make changes in your life that contribute to tangible help. Even some change, within the confines of your own unique challenges and circumstance is better than doing nothing. Or ascribing to hopelessness.
As I work through my owned TBR I decided to pick this up (on audio read by the author) for 2 reasons; 1-I needed a podcast type experience for my morning walk and this was a perfect length and 2- (and more importantly) because I knew what this book was going to say and I wanted to hear it. Was in the headspace for it.
On the “fact” level I didn’t really learn anything new. When you are interested in History and Climate Change it will be familiar but at this current time in my life, privileged with the fruits of hard mental and physical work and after years of having little choice — I am finally in a position to do what I want in some aspects of life and to choose to be actively engaged in the “why” of it all, questioning my own intent. Above all I am well and capable enough to be told that, “to save the planet we must all of *this*”… then DO it.
It may seems like, even as I have worded it, that this book is self-righteous and virtue signaling, but it’s not. Honest? Sure. To enact real change we must be honest. However, it is also sympathetic and understanding, and For even owns and is candid about his own hypocrisies and devotions to “comfort”. The message seems to be to take ego out of it, accept objective reality, and make changes in your life that contribute to tangible help. Even some change, within the confines of your own unique challenges and circumstance is better than doing nothing. Or ascribing to hopelessness.