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

Rating:
Summary: not just about fast food!
Review: since so much has already been said about this book, i would just like to reinforce the idea that it is not simply a book about the most obvious evils of fast food... it is an in-depth multi-faceted analysis of an industry and how that industry can go completely out of control when left to do whatever it wishes... what makes it fascinating is how it follows the story from beginning to end, showing how an incredibly important productive process has backfired on almost everyone taking part in it (workers and companies that should be its beneficiaries), from the people who plant the potatoes used to make your fries and feed the chickens that go into your nuggets to those who slaughter the cows that go into your hamburger patty and the teens and working class citizens who serve it up onto your plastic tray... as usual, we see that the only winners in this situation are a few people at the top, and maybe you during the five minutes of enjoyment you get from eating the meal, thanks to all the flavoring agents and artificial substances it contains... you won't set the book down, but if it turns out not to be your cup of coca-cola, please read at least the chapter on the slaughterhouse and meat-packing industry, which is heart-wrenching...

Rating:
Summary: fast food nation
Review: great book, not boring like most books. i really think its one of the books that i ever read. it is very intresting. 2 thumbs up

Rating:
Summary: A fascinating depiction of the fast food world
Review: I thought this book was fantastic, it was so well written and interesting. It had the potential to be a boring economics book, but I found every page fascinating. I could tell it was exhaustively researched, and that Schlosser put a lot of thought into every chapter. Even though I'm now positive any peice of meat I would put in my mouth would be contaiminated with e.coli, I'm very glad I read it. I have been repeating random facts from the book to my friends and family as they come to me for a few weeks now. Anyone who read this book knows what I'm talking about.

Rating:
Summary: A Curse Of Epidemic Preportions...
Review: Fast Food Nation Points out the prominence of fast and unhealthy food in our society, particularily in our country. It investigates and illustrates every aspect involved with the fast food industry including it's history, marketing, production, sales, and the effect it's had on our economy, landscape, workforce, and peoples mental and physocal state. The domination of the fast food market is a vast and extremely relevant problem that is often over looked, but plagues all of us. I'ts a giant that exploits billions, creates broader gaps between classes, kills, land, kills animals and kills people everywhere it goes. Be carefull of what you eat it could be even more harmfull then you'd ever imagined.

Rating:
Summary: Fast food? Never again.
Review: This book was both disturbing and enlightening in the way it presented the otherwise concealed characteristics of the fast food industry. The book has effected me in such a way that I have vowed to never eat at a fast food restaurant again. It is disheartening to see how dependent a majority of the American population has become on the convenience and afford ability of the fast food industry. I think that everyone should read this book, as it has opened my eyes to the exploitation and corruption that exists in one of the largest industries in the nation.

Rating:
Summary: Have it your way
Review: Eric Schlosser writes a well written and in-depth book about the meal that symbolizes America. Even though some parts are slow and it is a little choppy, the book is full of interesting statistics and gruesome facts make you want to read more. I think Eric Schlosser did his job of convincing me not to eat fast food. I suggest that anyone who wants to keep eating fast food think twice before reading this book. As they say, "ignorance is bliss."

Rating:
Summary: I loved this book.
Review: I thought this book was fantastic - it was so well written and interesting. It had the potential to be a boring economics book, but I found every page fascinating. I could tell it was exhaustively researched, and that Schlosser put a lot of thought into every chapter. Even though I'm now positive any peice of meat I would put in my mouth would be contaiminated with e.coli, I'm very glad I read it. I have been repeating random facts from the book to my friends and family as they come to me for a few weeks now. Anyone who read this book knows what I'm talking about.

Rating:
Summary: Ewww Fast Food
Review: Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation is a book that everyone should read weather they eat fast food or not. Much of the talks about franchising, how hamburger meat and potatoes are producted, how fast food industries are anti-union and the science of food which I think everyone can learn from. The section about the science of food was especially interesting to me. Schlosser is a modern day muckraker much like the ones who found dirt on monopilized industries in the past and gives good evidence to back what what hes saying with his notes. Reading about the meat packing idustries was discusting but was the one of the most enjoyable parts of the book to me and I now think twice about going to fast food places. I gave this book four stars instead of five because the beging was too slow for me. I wanted to get into the discusting facts about fast food but feel like I had to wait a little too long time before Schlosser talked about it.

Rating:
Summary: America and Its Naivete
Review: In Schlosser's message, I did not encounter one bit of subjectivity, which was surprising. The facts were presented in terms that I could understand and then shown as examples that undoubtedly appealed to my emotions and reasoning. I was revolted by some of the appalling facts (with good reason!), but I was never provoked into anger. The anger and horrification I felt were more, as I later realized towards the end of the book, the brilliance of Schlossser's writing ability. He has simply laid out the facts for every American to read and "digest" and has guided us towards our emotions, allowing us to acknowledge our dilusions. As the saying goes, "One can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink," however, Schlosser led us to the water and left us no other choice but to drink or feign ignorance with petty guilt.

Rating:
Summary: Americas love for fast food
Review: This is a really good book because it shows and explains how fast food restaurants have become the best friend of all Americans. Fast Food Nation shows the reader how a fast food restaurant really works. It shows how the owners of these restaurants incorporate work force and the production belt. It explains how these owners have teenaged workers working for them for minimum wage. Also how they have the workers making the food in a manner and way that cars are make in big businesses. This book, Fast Food Nation, is a good book because it really shows the real identity of fast food restaurants.