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A review by skylacine
In een groen knollenland by Bibi Dumon Tak
fast-paced
2.0
Good message I agree with (I'm generally speaking anti-hunting) but the way in which it was delivered just didn't work for me.
The book is mostly just the author angrily yelling and swearing at hunters, rather than her actually taking the time to carefully debunk pro-hunting arguments. The book also feels very one-note as it pretty much only talks about hobby hunting in the Netherlands. There are other countries with other cultures and such where hunting might be looked at through a different lens, or where it might even be necesarry for survival. But she adresses none of these points in favor of just calling hunters names.
I agree with the moral but I don't think this'll be changing anyone's mind on hunting if they are pro-.
The book is mostly just the author angrily yelling and swearing at hunters, rather than her actually taking the time to carefully debunk pro-hunting arguments. The book also feels very one-note as it pretty much only talks about hobby hunting in the Netherlands. There are other countries with other cultures and such where hunting might be looked at through a different lens, or where it might even be necesarry for survival. But she adresses none of these points in favor of just calling hunters names.
I agree with the moral but I don't think this'll be changing anyone's mind on hunting if they are pro-.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Ableism