A review by lucnmn
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

I've been meaning to read this book for a while now but I've always been kind of scared to actually pick it up. Although I've been a vegetarian for some years now and I'm also eating vegan for most days of the week, eating meat is still something I think about when people around me eat it. This book has given me a good insight into the meat industry (even though I already knew most of the things mentioned in the book) but I also liked how the author approached this topic more unbiased and very fact-based because eating meat tends to normally be a very heated discussion with many feelings involved. One part that really stood out for me was the vegan person owning a slaughterhouse because it's this perfect gray area that I sometimes think about. As an individual, all I can do is change my eating habits and I can talk to people about it but that's pretty much it. Therefore, I find it really incredible that he at least tries to somewhat change the meat industry. Overall, I felt like this was a great and kind of new take on the topic of whether or not one should eat meat but I can't help but feel that some parts are missing. I would've loved to see more about how meat affects our environment, about the topic of meat alternative products, or even lab-grown meat. Though the book is from 2006 I believe so it's understandable why these topics weren't included. But I did find the part about pandemics very interesting because it's obviously very relevant today. However, it would've been nice to have more information about the system in Europe because it was very much focussed on America and I do believe that Americans are eating way more meat than Europeans do.  Still, this is a very good and educating read and I will definitely recommend it to others who want to know more about the topic. 
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