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anteus7's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not sure what I thought this book was going to be, but it was not what I got. That said, I did enjoy a lot of things about We Are the Weather. This is a book about becoming vegan as a response to the global climate crisis. Foer makes some good points about how much of an impact animal agriculture has on the environment, and his main point, which he makes over and over is that w need to do more than just admit that there is a problem and move along on our merry ways, but that we have to make real choices that will have real impacts on the issue, and that is hard.
Foer does show his work. He provides statistics and sources (the last fifth of the book seems to be citations) but also marries family stories and 'soul searching' conversations with himself which was an interesting and quirky way to push his agenda.
Foer does show his work. He provides statistics and sources (the last fifth of the book seems to be citations) but also marries family stories and 'soul searching' conversations with himself which was an interesting and quirky way to push his agenda.
danoreading's review against another edition
4.0
An odd book... Thoughtful, perhaps essential reading. The writing is beautiful but also repetitive and tiresome at times, but I imagine I'll be contemplating this for a long time.
mallorywool's review against another edition
4.0
I listened to the audiobook (read by Foer himself).
I found this book to be a very human approach to the climate crisis. Perhaps some readers will see Foer as a bumbling man spouting his musings, but I think his writing style accurately relates the paralyzing, terrifying, and confusing human reaction to the problem that is climate change. This book is not so much a "how-to" manual as a hand to hold when the world's problems seem too big to overcome. I did not rate it five stars because - as other reviewers have pointed out - there could be a clearer set of steps to take. (Ironically, Foer spends part of his book berating the "next steps" section following Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." I think Foer's skepticism of the value of these "next steps" is apparent in his own call to action, which is not nearly as ambiguous as it is debilitating.)
I found this book to be a very human approach to the climate crisis. Perhaps some readers will see Foer as a bumbling man spouting his musings, but I think his writing style accurately relates the paralyzing, terrifying, and confusing human reaction to the problem that is climate change. This book is not so much a "how-to" manual as a hand to hold when the world's problems seem too big to overcome. I did not rate it five stars because - as other reviewers have pointed out - there could be a clearer set of steps to take. (Ironically, Foer spends part of his book berating the "next steps" section following Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." I think Foer's skepticism of the value of these "next steps" is apparent in his own call to action, which is not nearly as ambiguous as it is debilitating.)
rockyroadbutch's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.5
gr_23's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
clariseng's review against another edition
4.0
I have read this book before, a couple of years ago on Kindle, but I’m thankful to have chanced upon a physical copy as it gave me an opportunity to revisit it. I could, after all, use a reminder of the things our planet needs me to do, and which I am in the power to do. This book is intelligent, beautifully written, introspective as it is informative, and passionate in its plea. I hope more people will get to read it.