zzkat's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to the audiobook version. I found the narrative throughout this book beautiful and often touching.
The section where the author is having a conversation with himself was initially a little off-putting, but once I got into it, I found it really helpful to me personally as someone who struggles with all-or-nothing thinking about dietary choices and the stress and guilt that comes with that mindset.
As we watch the world burn it’s hard not to slowly drown in cynicism and hopelessness. I feel helpless even after fighting for the past 20+ years. This book was like a warm blanket wrapped around me, saying “It’s okay. Well, it’s not okay. But just keep going and do the best you can.”
The section where the author is having a conversation with himself was initially a little off-putting, but once I got into it, I found it really helpful to me personally as someone who struggles with all-or-nothing thinking about dietary choices and the stress and guilt that comes with that mindset.
As we watch the world burn it’s hard not to slowly drown in cynicism and hopelessness. I feel helpless even after fighting for the past 20+ years. This book was like a warm blanket wrapped around me, saying “It’s okay. Well, it’s not okay. But just keep going and do the best you can.”
emily_pns's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Essential. Never before have a read a more literary and poetic non-fiction climate change book. The author beautiful wove examples from his own life into those from history and the collective life of humans, to offer a frank view of our role as individuals in the future of our planet.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
bbboeken's review against another edition
3.0
** 3/4
Not quite what I expected. I was awed by eating animals, and JSF definitely knows who to write and structure a book, but the style definitely turned me down. The first 60 or so pages are an abundance of facts and really demanded a lot of willpower to continue reading. Which I did, I finished the book, but merely from a weird sense of obligation.
Not quite what I expected. I was awed by eating animals, and JSF definitely knows who to write and structure a book, but the style definitely turned me down. The first 60 or so pages are an abundance of facts and really demanded a lot of willpower to continue reading. Which I did, I finished the book, but merely from a weird sense of obligation.
thatokiebird's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
In the same vein as Eating Animals, We Are the Weather is a nonfiction shorter book written in the style of essays exploring climate change and crises. Ultimately, and I was actually a little surprised by how long it took to get there, it is about animal agriculture and what it actively does to our planet. As someone who has had a vegan diet for years already, no convincing is needed here, but I can't help but wonder what a person who currently eats animals might make of this.
This is not my favorite Jonathan Safran Foer book, but it's difficult to put a finger on why. It feels like such an important book, but there is perhaps a lack of heart and immediacy here. As if the author already knows this is a lost cause, yet their conscience won't let them sleep until they put the book out there. Perhaps because it is a memoir of sorts, with plenty of personal insights and memories and then relating that memory to a climate change issue.
I'm still glad I read We Are the Weather, and I hope it's picked up and taken to heart by all the people who are looking to make life changes and make a difference to this crises.
This is not my favorite Jonathan Safran Foer book, but it's difficult to put a finger on why. It feels like such an important book, but there is perhaps a lack of heart and immediacy here. As if the author already knows this is a lost cause, yet their conscience won't let them sleep until they put the book out there. Perhaps because it is a memoir of sorts, with plenty of personal insights and memories and then relating that memory to a climate change issue.
I'm still glad I read We Are the Weather, and I hope it's picked up and taken to heart by all the people who are looking to make life changes and make a difference to this crises.
missperfectface's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
billiesgotbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
game changer honestly
iona18's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Such an amazing book, beautifully written. I was already a climate activist but I have been far to non-committal about it. This has resparked my fire on climate change and has inspired me to actually make some changes. I would recommend this to anyone.