A review by xiaozhansbooty
Being A Beast by Charles Foster
1.0
1.5 stars?
Or maybe just 1...
I *really* disliked this book. More specifically, I disliked Foster.
If I weren't studying this for uni, I would not have read past the Author's Note.
The possible extra half star rating is mainly just for some of the points about various environmental crises he made sporadically. I understand, to an extent, some of what Foster was trying to achieve with this book, but in my eyes, he failed in those aims. Ingrained ideas of superiority (both of his species and his social class) are a lot of what biased me against him, as well as his shallow and often contradictory self-awareness.
Or maybe just 1...
I *really* disliked this book. More specifically, I disliked Foster.
If I weren't studying this for uni, I would not have read past the Author's Note.
The possible extra half star rating is mainly just for some of the points about various environmental crises he made sporadically. I understand, to an extent, some of what Foster was trying to achieve with this book, but in my eyes, he failed in those aims. Ingrained ideas of superiority (both of his species and his social class) are a lot of what biased me against him, as well as his shallow and often contradictory self-awareness.