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lmorgen's review
4.0
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a well written book, with lots of fascinating details. Eric Schlosser does a great job of keeping this book engaging. A lot of the details were sad and horrifying, reading this book should make nearly any feeling person stop eating animals. This book thoroughly exposes you to the nature of fast food franchises, food processing and animal raising plants as well as the origins of they're owners. There are sections on processing plant habits, artificial/natural flavors, vegetable and animal raising and slaughtering/processing, and foodborne diseases and more. A very educating book, a must-read for any health/food conscious being.
heathercottledillon's review
4.0
Very well researched and well written. I like how the author combines the statistics and facts with real-life stories and anecdotes. That combination makes the issues feel more real and more interesting.
cloudwings's review
3.0
This book had a lot of interesting information and facts I didn't know about. But as the book progresses, it gets gradually boring. Also, the typeface is small so I wouldn't recommend it to people with bad eyes.
lizzycatslibrary's review
3.0
This is one of those books you kind of have to forget about if you want to continue eating out. For me it was all stuff I had already heard previously... but just hearing it again in a more recent outlet (yes I realize this book is now about 8 years old) really got me thinking. Eric Schlosser does a good job of making you really think about what goes on to get that meat to your mouth. I am going to be avoiding fast food for a little while... which is probably good for me.
heather667's review
dark
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Child death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use
bookph1le's review
5.0
Fast food is officially banned in my house. I now vow never to set foot in a fast food restaurant. I already refused to eat it for health reasons and because I think it tastes awful, but thanks to this book illuminating the offensive and downright criminal practices of the industry, I feel a sense of moral outrage. More complete review to come.
sabrinaliterary's review
5.0
I love this book. Why? 1) It justifies my strong hatred of processed food, the fucked-up economy of farming, Disney, and the military, and 2) it makes me feel like I hate one thing instead of many things, which makes me less of a hater in general. I appreciate that.
filmcanman's review
1.0
Man, Eric Schlosser can't construct a sentence for shit. His prose is terrible and syntax worse. This guy's an embarrassment to investigative journalism. Fuck fast food and Eric Schlosser.