The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Audiobook Review
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – An Audio Book Review
- Author: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hours and 58 minutes
- Unabridged
- Genre: Health
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Audio Book Summary:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma is an eye opening look into the largely ignored factors that comes with eating healthy in today’s world. Michael Pollan has conducted a thorough research on not only which foods available are actually good for us but which are environment friendly as well. The fact of the matter is that we are what we eat, and what we eat affects not only us, but also the world we live in. As technology advances and new food present itself to us, we must be mindful of its lasting effects on both our body and the environment.
It is a surprise that The Omnivore Dilemma has not surfaced sooner as this book now opens a whole new chapter to dining and the various questions that are relevant to our fast paced and environment-conscious society.
One reason to listen:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma easily captures the questions that we should be all asking right now when it comes to healthy eating and living. This is a great audiobook for health buffs who are also concerned with the environment.
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Reactions:
“Pollan’s examination of the cultural, moral and socioeconomic tradeoffs we make when eating food is a deep and exhaustive consideration of the consequences of seeming simple choices. By structuring the work around 4 meals, he presents four alternative relationships to nature and the world, and lays bare the personal consequences of each. I found that the detail was, at times unnecessarily fastidious, as when Pollan agonizes over the authenticity of hunting, but not killing, the wild boar in his hunter and gatherer meal, and then taking us through the process again, just so he can personally pull the trigger. I would have rather he had just lied, and took credit for the first kill. ” – Stephen Redding
“I enjoyed this far more than I expected to. It helps, I suppose, that I was receptive to it. Still, I couldn’t put it down, and I can recommend it to anyone who eats.” – Chris
“This is non-fiction at its best. Not only is the entire book a huge eye-opener concerning our nation’s food production, but Pollan’s style is engaging and fluid. I fought “reading” this for about a month–I’d much rather leave my head in the sand when it comes to the scary stuff in/about our food, and I was expecting Pollan’s solution to be some ridiculously extreme change in diet. Turns out, he simply shed light on some pretty serious issues and recommends that we simply be intelligent and well informed about our what we eat and where it comes from.” – Nicholas
“I don’t think most people welcome the knowledge contained in this selection. What’s the expression?… more information than I wanted to know. But it’s not more information than we need to know. The book is long. As a biologist and geek, it was not too long for me. While most of what I have listened to by Scott Brick has been fiction and I have not always appreciated him as a reader, I believe he was perfect for this book. My only concern is that because of its length, some readers might be turned off and this is not a subject that should be turned off or not listened and paid attention to.” – Robert
“As for the narration… I’ve listened to several other books narrated by Scott Brick, and he’s never been a favorite, but this was just baaaaddd. This book did NOT require a dramatic reading, but that’s what it got! And I wish someone would give narrators a list of uncommon words in advance so he or she can be prepared! Mr. Brick really butchered a few words, and based on sentence context, I think he may have misread a few words altogether! I kept telling myself it’s not a big deal – I got the point – but it’s just so distracting!” – Lily
Score on Audible: 4.4 out of 5
Score on Amazon: 4.5 out of 5
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