A review by samanthabw
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer
1.0
DNF! I just couldn’t sit through anymore, made it just over half way.
I originally grabbed this book because it’s a subject matter I’m really interested in, and the title was really catchy. I absolutely hated my experience with this book, I dreaded picking it up to continue reading. This is not a book of facts, problems and solutions (which is what I was expecting), but rather a book of droning, long winded personal stories and opinions which are not related to the subject. I was getting so frustrated because the first 60 pages did not even mention the topic! Not once! Then it’s a rapid fire chapter of jot point facts, which only leads back to more personal stories. I feel as though the author really put in a lot of himself into this book; however as some one who doesn’t know him as a friend it didn’t impact me (frankly I didn’t see why I should care or how it related to the topic of the book). That may have sounded harsh, but honestly I’m just upset I wasted my time with this book, it really wasn’t for me.
If anyone has any good recommendations for other books covering this topic that actually offer some facts and/or solutions (basically anything constructive/productive) please comment!
I originally grabbed this book because it’s a subject matter I’m really interested in, and the title was really catchy. I absolutely hated my experience with this book, I dreaded picking it up to continue reading. This is not a book of facts, problems and solutions (which is what I was expecting), but rather a book of droning, long winded personal stories and opinions which are not related to the subject. I was getting so frustrated because the first 60 pages did not even mention the topic! Not once! Then it’s a rapid fire chapter of jot point facts, which only leads back to more personal stories. I feel as though the author really put in a lot of himself into this book; however as some one who doesn’t know him as a friend it didn’t impact me (frankly I didn’t see why I should care or how it related to the topic of the book). That may have sounded harsh, but honestly I’m just upset I wasted my time with this book, it really wasn’t for me.
If anyone has any good recommendations for other books covering this topic that actually offer some facts and/or solutions (basically anything constructive/productive) please comment!