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A review by sammybecause
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber
2.0
this book grazed the surface on a lot of really important topics, even ones mentioned on the cover (colonialism and climate change), but left me wanting more. it felt like i was reading someone's adhd rambling. the book lacked structure and a natural flow and felt VERY repetitive given the information we were given was very surface level. it felt underresearched. perhaps i went into this book already knowing the 'surface level' issues with overconsumption and fast fashion and this book wasn't written for me
i also feel like the entire book was tip-toeing around pointing the finger of blame at the (in my opinion) very obvious culprit: capitalism. it is so weird to write a book on overconsumption and not criticize capitalism almost at all. there are nods at putting more blame on the major corporations and demanding action from our governments but the book spent the majority of the time demanding individuals to change in consumer habits which, i mean like yeah, but also that's not the sole solution or even a sliver of the solution.
is it hater-core to say i could tell the person who wrote this book spends a good amount of time on twitter? .....
i also feel like the entire book was tip-toeing around pointing the finger of blame at the (in my opinion) very obvious culprit: capitalism. it is so weird to write a book on overconsumption and not criticize capitalism almost at all. there are nods at putting more blame on the major corporations and demanding action from our governments but the book spent the majority of the time demanding individuals to change in consumer habits which, i mean like yeah, but also that's not the sole solution or even a sliver of the solution.
is it hater-core to say i could tell the person who wrote this book spends a good amount of time on twitter? .....