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mckeelyshannon's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
One of my favorite lines in the book is “If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence
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.
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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
typedtruths's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
kfox's review against another edition
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emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
It is presented in a very factual, clinical way and that helped me to get through most of it more easily.
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