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Summary: Interesting angle
Review: The book commences with an interesting history of the fast food chain and the American and world love for cheap and convenient food. He slowly pulls away from the commercial side to explain the horrors that lurk beneath.The story is of interest until the point where the author pushes anti-globalisation and anti-modernisation, turning many unrelated situations to his viewpoint. The storytelling was akin to describing the industrial revolution and complaining that people were losing their jobs in the farms, as opposed to the American dream of progress and an improved way of life for all. Of particular mention was the Author's description of the failure of communism in The Soviet Union, the failure was complex, based around the political situation as well as ideological and the implementation of the system. Not, as the author describes it primarily as a result of the countries technological outlook. Bombings mentioned in the book were as a result of religious and political differences and not as the author describes it as an anti-capitalistic revolt.
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Summary: WONDERFUL BOOK
Review: i am just in the midst of finishing up this book and i think that it is wonderful. I just can't put it down once i start reading it. It was wonderfully researched and is filled with many interesting facts. Everytime i eat out now i think about what i learned in this wonderful book!! its a MUST READ!...
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Summary: Never again
Review: Never again will I eat fast food. The information presented so brilliantly in this book should be enough to scare anyone away from the stuff for a lifetime. Some have derided Schlosser as a liberal extremist who has embellished the situation in order to make the subject matter more sensational. However, he researched this book for three years, has dozens of pages of detailed citations, and most compelling, has NOT been sued for libel by any of the companies he mentions in his book. Since many of these companies will sue virtually anyone for a perceived slanderous/libelous comment, one must conclude that Schlosser has remained true to fact. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares at all about the world in which they live.
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Summary: Would you like fries with this book...?
Review: ...You sure won't after reading it. This book is a graft of The Jungle and a treatise on American food sociology. First, it's well written - Schlosser is skilled at storytelling - so this book will never be called boring as it reads like a fiction detective mystery. You will stay gripped by the characters: the good, bad, and ugly. You will learn to love and hate franchise owners, fast-food workers, politicians, labor bosses, ranchers, potato farmers, and meatpackers. Yet entertainment isn't the real reason to read this book. Only true propeller-head history buffs won't get a super-sized education of the American fast food industry. This is an eclectic bunch of data that will amaze even the most paranoid. I need to warn any readers who lean politically to the right to brace for a serious attack, however, as you'll have no trouble spotting Schlosser's allegiance to the DNC. Schlosser mercilessly trashes James Dobson, Ronald Regan, business owners, Republicans, and conservatives in general. This is a shame, as it is not necessary for his thesis, and has the result of making one wonder how many other one-sided "facts" are slipped into his book. While I alternatively agree and disagree with his many biases, they simply detract from the book and sadly shrink the pool of potential readers. Having said this, I still give the book four stars because Schlosser is a real wordsmith and you will learn how many seemingly disjointed activities of the past half-century have created a fast food nation. Where else can one learn in only two chapters that the first modern McDonalds opened in 1948 (pg 19) and one-quarter of all American children between two and five years old have a T.V. in their room (pg 46)? Worth the read - no matter what, you won't walk away from this book without having been both entertained and educated at the same time.
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Summary: A Real Eye-Opener
Review: I have not made one fast-food purchase sine I read Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation. That is how much this book affected me. I did not like fast food much anyway, and reading this book gave me all the reason I needed to give it up entirely. Its hard to believe that my absence will be noticed, but I am encouraged by the anecdote Schlosser gives of the McLibel trial: two London Greenpeace members taking on the corporate juggernaut of McDonald's in a libel suit, and winning. Schlosser's detailed history of fast food and its effect on America is a compelling and enlightening view of our culture. Detailed accounts are given of the base disdain that the major fast food giants have for the workers that contribute to their success, as well as the selfishness of high-ranking officials that keeps simple improvements from being made throughout the industry. The rise of fast food is a phenomenon that has massive effects on a global scale; there is no doubt future generations will be studying it in history and sociology classes, and Fast Food Nation will be a key text.
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Summary: You'll never look at a hamburger the same
Review: In many ways this book closely parallels the social perils of mass-production in modern life that are covered in Naomi Klein's "No Logo". This book is an excellent example of investigative journalism, in that it illuminates the ordinary and finds the extraordinary all around us. It's introductory chapters give an excellent overview of the rise of the fast food industry over the last century and its influence in modern society and how it affects the quality of what we eat and our health. Possibly the most distressing and eye-opening chapters to read are the sections on the meat industry in the US. You'll never look at mince meat (or any meat if it comes to that) in the same way again. Do you like excrement in your food? Well, even if you don't you are probably eating it according to this. For those outside the US (like me), what is upsetting about what is covered here is the import of these systems of manufacture into other countries along with the large fast food chains like McDonalds. The overseas impact of these chains, with their generally bland and unhealthy food, wiping out local customs is well described in Zaiuddin Sardar's "Why do people hate America?" (available from Amazon UK, not published in the states), however, this author does not shrink from describing the reactions of overseas nations to the rise of these largely American fast food empires. Having read this book, you may think twice about the goals of fast food advertising and ask yourself if it's really worth your long term health to keep eating these foods. Personally, you won't catch me inside the majority of the fast food chains if I have any choice in the matter. The more I know about them the gladder I am I stopped being their customer years ago, and as the author rightly points out - it's you - the customer, who has the power ultimately to change or destroy what you don't like about what you eat.
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Summary: jana from santa monica calif.
Review: i thought the book was very well researched and it showed me how much the fast food industry really influences our lives. It has many interesting parts, but some paragraphs get too long and a little boring. It doesn't go into exact detail when u want it to, like about the artificiall and natural flavor. It was a good book and overall very interesting and informative i would recommend it to everyone who is not scared of finding out what really goes on in our food industries.
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Summary: Jimenez's review
Review: This book was very interesting and insightful. It shed a lot of light on the industry as a whole as well as the insidious practices it's members perpetuate, practices unbeknownst to most consumers. One comment, however, is this: "Do not read this book if you have a weak stomach or are an avid consumer of fast food and don't wish to be informed of the grossities you partake in."
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Summary: Read this!!!!
Review: All I can say is: yuk!!!!! What they do to our food is just sick. This is a really good book for anyone who is concerned with what it is that they put into their bodies. I believe it is neccessary for everyone to understand what some people will do to earn a couple bucks. Including every drive thru window you pull up to. Schlosser sometimes writes more than you care to know, but his in-depth research gives you what you need to know. Maybe you like to eat your fast food, but this book will at least make you think twice about what your putting into your body and all the junk you don't know comes with it.
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Summary: Who's Cooking Your Chicken Nuggets?
Review: Fast Food Nation is very informative. Fast Food Nation helps its readers to really understand the way a fast food buisness is run. Eric Schlosser also goes well into detail as to what goes into the food, which can change anyones diet of chicken nuggets and big macs. Schlosser goes into alot of detail as to the process that the food is made and the treatment of animals, and conditions in the factories. To know that a lot of the employees at these factories are imagrants, most of whom live in beat down trailer parks, and dirty hotel rooms, is very disturbing. Fast Food Nation can make a difference for anyone that reads it, i highly reccomend it.
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