Helpful Score: 5
OK, this is a good book if you are ready to go completely vegan and just need a smack in the face to remind you of the reasons you were considering it in the first place. For the rest of us....it does provide little bits about topics that are very important-animal welfare, health, exercise, environmental issues, food additives, etc. but this is really just in intro and you will need to do much more research and reading to make final decisions about how you want to proceed related to these issues. Yes, the authors are often crass and use inappropriate language but I think they were trying (sometimes a bit too much) to be funny and really get your attention. At times, I thought some of the information was somewhat irresponsible in this type of a book such as recommending fasting without providing enough guidance. I think a lot of people will be drawn in by the title and topic and it is a quick, fun book to read but I just wish the authors had given more links, references, etc so readers could have more direction. They recommend a huge lifestyle change for most of their readers. I recommend "Becoming Vegan" or "Becoming Vegetarian" for nutritional advice and "The Omnivore's Dilemma" or "Diet for a New America" for more info about food politics/ethics.
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