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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Jonathan Safran Foer
I received this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Also listened to the book on audiobook, narrated by the author.
I think I just have to call it and say I just don't get on with Jonathan Safran Foer's writing. This is ymy third attempt and again, I just found myself not connecting with all. And this was about a topic I feel strongly about.
I appreciate the sentiment in this book, and what JSF was trying to get across to the reader but I'm not sure if it's because I'm already a vegetarian and someone who tries to limit the amount of dairy/eggs in my diet already but everything that was talked about in this book felt very surface level to me, and I'm already aware of the importance of changing diets for the future of our world as we know it.
The first 63 pages of this book is a compilation of random facts the author decided to talk about before eventually getting to the issue of climate change and eating less meat and dairy. This didn't really work for me and I felt myself switching off from it - it felt like in a weird way JSF was trying to trick the reader into reading about climate change and veganism but the book is literally titled 'Saving the World Begins at Breakfast'.
I also hated the section near the end where he had a whole conversation with his own soul. I appreciated the moments he added about his granny, and what it meant for him thinking about where she came from, and where he came from and what this book in the future could mean to his sons but that's not necessarily about the actual topic of the book.
I wouldn't necessarily call this book hopeful either but I do think climate change books need to be a bit scary so people will actually start realising the danger we're in and that we need to do something now. Not tomorrow or next week or next year. Now. And it can begin at breakfast or lunch or dinner. This is definitely one of those changes that if everyone made one small change, or sacrifice, when it comes to reducing meat and dairy or cutting out altogether, it can make a HUGE difference to the world. Climate change is tearing people apart when we can easily work together, share wonderful, tasty meat-free meals together in love and make the world a little bit better. And I do think JSF did a good job in getting this across.
Also listened to the book on audiobook, narrated by the author.
I think I just have to call it and say I just don't get on with Jonathan Safran Foer's writing. This is ymy third attempt and again, I just found myself not connecting with all. And this was about a topic I feel strongly about.
I appreciate the sentiment in this book, and what JSF was trying to get across to the reader but I'm not sure if it's because I'm already a vegetarian and someone who tries to limit the amount of dairy/eggs in my diet already but everything that was talked about in this book felt very surface level to me, and I'm already aware of the importance of changing diets for the future of our world as we know it.
The first 63 pages of this book is a compilation of random facts the author decided to talk about before eventually getting to the issue of climate change and eating less meat and dairy. This didn't really work for me and I felt myself switching off from it - it felt like in a weird way JSF was trying to trick the reader into reading about climate change and veganism but the book is literally titled 'Saving the World Begins at Breakfast'.
I also hated the section near the end where he had a whole conversation with his own soul. I appreciated the moments he added about his granny, and what it meant for him thinking about where she came from, and where he came from and what this book in the future could mean to his sons but that's not necessarily about the actual topic of the book.
I wouldn't necessarily call this book hopeful either but I do think climate change books need to be a bit scary so people will actually start realising the danger we're in and that we need to do something now. Not tomorrow or next week or next year. Now. And it can begin at breakfast or lunch or dinner. This is definitely one of those changes that if everyone made one small change, or sacrifice, when it comes to reducing meat and dairy or cutting out altogether, it can make a HUGE difference to the world. Climate change is tearing people apart when we can easily work together, share wonderful, tasty meat-free meals together in love and make the world a little bit better. And I do think JSF did a good job in getting this across.