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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer
14 reviews
emilyseebold's review
4.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, and War
charlottemmeline's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Genocide, Self harm, Suicide, Antisemitism, and War
thebearlinwall's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War
rebekahatkinson's review
4.5
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Suicide, and War
whatlacereads's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, and Antisemitism
marisa_n's review against another edition
2.0
I had such high hopes for this book. In the first chapter, Foer argues that our failure to address climate change is really a failure of storytelling-- arguing that climate change advocates have failed to capture the publics attention, imagination, and sense of responsibility...
... and then he proceeds to spout out every statistic about climate change he can find, has a full-blown 45 min argument with himself to give up animal products, and continually compares the threat of climate change to the holocaust. The whole thing felt bizarre, rambling, & self-indulgent.
I think some of his points were solid, including:
-The citizens of the wealthiest countries are living unsustainable lifestyles, and the citizens of LMICs will be impacted the most by climate change
- We all need to significantly reduce our meat consumption, as it's one of the biggest causes of pollution & resource consumption (ex: no animal products before dinner)
- Individuals (esp of wealthy countries) should fly less, use public transit more, have fewer children, & vote for politicians committed to addressing climate change
Despite the importance of these points, Foer really hurt his own argument with his bizarre tangents & self-centered narrative. This book is an example of all the strategies you should not use when persuading others to change their behavior.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Car accident
miriam009's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Antisemitism
misslexisaurus's review
3.5
It did give me some insight into the people I love who believe the climate science but don't do anything, but it also made me feel utterly hopeless and guilty for not doing enough and not being able to encourage others to do anything.
On my part, I should have stopped reading it a few chapters in and I was irresponsible and didn't. If you have a weak grip on hope or the will to live, this is absolutely not the climate book for you.
It's one I will recommend to people who know but do nothing, but I wish I hadn't read it.
Moderate: Genocide
vgp's review against another edition
3.5
Minor: Death and Genocide
avadore's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Genocide and Suicide
Minor: Body shaming
Some distracting and uncalled for fat-shaming towards the end but otherwise just the existential dread you would expect from a book about the climate crisis.