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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
An o.k. read. Kingsolver DOES go on and on so... and seems to project an air of superiority and righteousness. She also doesn't have good information about vegetarianism. The parts written by her daughter annoyed me. All in all, I was grateful that they demonstrated how eating seasonally and locally is possible, and I appreciated some of the practical tips and environmental/food justice context, but I started to get bored after a little while.
Really liked the premise and information, but Kingsolver's writing style is not my favorite. Still, may appeal to wider audience than Omnivore's Dilemma.
I loved this book! It's equal parts memoir and research and I learned so much. The inclusion of recipes was also nice. After reading I have a strong urge to plant my own garden and maybe try making my own cheese. I checked this out from the local library but am buying a copy for my own library. That all said, Kingsolver's tone does get a bit preachy at some parts.
Follow Barbara Kingsolver and her family as they embark on a year of living solely off what they & their neighbors produce, becoming locavores. While it's a fascinating & inspiring read, at times Kingsolver gets a tad preachy. It felt as though she was holding her family above the general populus for being so great in doing this. Then she realized the reading audience would feel this way and she discussed how this experiment was not for everyone. In fact it wouldn't be possible for the majority of people. There are however things everyone can do to change their eating lifestyle. Eating only produce that is in season is a great beginning.
I don’t give many 5-star reviews, but I’d give 6 for this. Love the concept of getting back to the land...learned so much that I’ll apply to my vegetable gardening. Great storyteller too!
I found this book interesting and definitely an easy enough read. I like the authors writing style - though I agree with other reviewers that it gets preachy at parts - and the segments are well dispersed.
While I learned a lot, I don’t know if I can say this had many practical implications for me, a young adult living in a city with a small apartment. It feels like the impression I get from this book is you need a whole acre of ready-for-you farmland plus a lot of historical/familial knowledge to be able to do it. For those of us who don’t have that, it doesn’t feel like an approachable task to grow your own food. This book underscores a lot of great points and it inspired me to wish I was able to do those things but I don’t know that I will ~actually~ be able to.
While I learned a lot, I don’t know if I can say this had many practical implications for me, a young adult living in a city with a small apartment. It feels like the impression I get from this book is you need a whole acre of ready-for-you farmland plus a lot of historical/familial knowledge to be able to do it. For those of us who don’t have that, it doesn’t feel like an approachable task to grow your own food. This book underscores a lot of great points and it inspired me to wish I was able to do those things but I don’t know that I will ~actually~ be able to.
There's a lot of beautiful and detailed passages about food passion, which is nice. The preachiness about Organic and Local feels dated, and doesn't age as well as the more reflective and poetic sections.
Confession: I listened to this book while driving, which means more than once I was listening while eating Taco Bell. Whoops.
It was interesting to hear the book read by its author(s). Like other reviewers, I thought it was maybe an overly rosy telling, or maybe the family really is that perfect? That said, as an already fairly committed localvore, it still made me think about what more our family could do.
It was interesting to hear the book read by its author(s). Like other reviewers, I thought it was maybe an overly rosy telling, or maybe the family really is that perfect? That said, as an already fairly committed localvore, it still made me think about what more our family could do.
There were some things in this book that I found absolutely fascinating and others that I found a little too preachy. I was hoping for more story and less political analysis, but overall, I'm glad to have read it and learned some new things about our food consumption.