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Book Review of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Helpful Score: 1


Reviews that suggest that this book is unfair to the fast food/agribusiness is largely exaggerated. In fact, at the beginning of the book, it had made me crave fast food. He also provides some anecdotal evidence of how fast food has improved some people's lives.

Scholsser does a fine job gathering statistics to support his claims. Overall, this book is very well researched and biased towards the truth. He does make personal assertions towards the end of the book, especially in the epilogue, but nothing that is not supported by the 200+ pages before he makes them.