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"I really enjoyed this book! It was fast moving, excellently paced, humorous and absorbing. I loved the premise and uniqueness of it and would recommend it!"
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"This book caught me off guard. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I got really pulled in. Emma’s situation is weird but somehow feels real, and the mix of humour and deep stuff really works. Definitely not your usual novel, but in a good way!"
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"This book was very surprising to me—in a good way. It is clever and funny, but also has deep meaning. The story is definitely a bit wild, but it just works, and I ended up really caring about the characters more than I expected to. It is fun to read "
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"A Half-Hearted Death Wish is a beautifully written and deeply affecting novel that stayed with me long after I finished it. The author handles heavy themes with incredible sensitivity and honesty, capturing the complexity of grief, hope, and the huma"
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“It's just the way things are. Take a moment to consider this statement. Really think about it. We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no reason other than because it's the way things are. When our attitudes and behaviors towards animals are so inconsistent, and this inconsistency is so unexamined, we can safely say we have been fed absurdities. It is absurd that we eat pigs and love dogs and don't even know why. Many of us spend long minutes in the aisle of the drugstore mulling over what toothpaste to buy. Yet most of don't spend any time at all thinking about what species of animal we eat and why. Our choices as consumers drive an industry that kills ten billion animals per year in the United States alone. If we choose to support this industry and the best reason we can come up with is because it's the way things are, clearly something is amiss. What could cause an entire society of people to check their thinking caps at the door--and to not even realize they're doing so? Though this question is quite complex, the answer is quite simple: carnism.”
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
“To identify with others is to see something of yourself in them and to see something of them in yourself--even if the only thing you identify with is the desire to be free from suffering.”
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
“Think about it: virtually every atrocity in the history of humankind was enabled by a populace that turned away from a reality that seemed too painful to face, while virtually every revolution for peace and justice has been made possibly by a group of people who chose to bear witness and demanded that others bear witness as well.”
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
― Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
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