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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer
35 reviews
ruthscott's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
ryan_h's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Suicide
amanda_marie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Foer's call to arms and fewer animal products is a cry for help, an attempt to educate so that those of us stronger than him will make the necessary changes to our diets. With overly large metaphors that usually work and occasionally don't, he implores us all to ask why we haven't bothered to do more. And honestly? It works. I'm persuaded, and have started making the recommended changes. And telling people about it. And highly recommend this read. Things just got a little too muddled at the end to make sense of, but the same might be said about the effects of climate change if we do nothing.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
avadore's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
I found this more challenging than I initially thought I would. I'm vegan and this book is largely about how our choices with food are one of the ways we can make the biggest impact on the climate crisis. So shouldn't I have smug in the way that people often lambast vegans for being? Rather than fit the uncharitable stereotype I felt increasing dread with every page. Will it really be enough. Will we really be able to do it. This book doesn't answer those questions, and it's not as didactic as Eating Animals. I really appreciated having a deep dive into the existential side of climate change. If you're unconvinced that reading a book can help with sorting out your feelings about the biggest crisis we're going to face together as people I would highly recommend Leena Norm's POSITIVE PANIC series on YouTube.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Genocide
Minor: Body shaming
Some distracting and uncalled for fat-shaming towards the end but otherwise just the existential dread you would expect from a book about the climate crisis.vinodini's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
laurennn's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
curatoriallyyours's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Genocide
sara_elisabet's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicide
sorcha's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.75
The author makes some very good points but the structure and writing style was repetitive and irritating in places so it was a struggle to finish
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, and Death
plantedreading's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
4.0
Leela Norms rec.
Simple devastating message. Actions are important, feelings are not important in changing the world. Give up animal products for breakfast and lunch.
Simple devastating message. Actions are important, feelings are not important in changing the world. Give up animal products for breakfast and lunch.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide