EATING ANIMALS (Jonathan Safran Foer) - March 2/10

Overlong by about 100 pages, Eating Animals is certainly an eye-opening look into the harsh conditions within so-called "factory farms" and there's little doubt that Foer makes a compelling argument for more humane meat-processing plants (or quitting meat altogether). This is despite his sporadically pretentious writing style and his tendency to repeat himself, as well as the inclusion of several stretches that simply feel far too academic (ie my eyes were glazing over whole paragraphs). Still, this is an impassioned work that gets its point across (ie I'm gonna try to cut down on meat for the next little while). **1/2 out of ****