The Omnivore's Dilemma (Young Readers Edition) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Book

First of all, corn. This is all the writer talks about, how corn is in everything and how we're all consuming corn and using corn for anything and everything we do. This would be fine (to an extent), if he had given any meaning to it. For 20 pages thats all he talks about: corn, corn, corn, corn, we're all eating corn. I kept expecting this to be building up to something, like he was going to tell us that our health was detiriotating because of corn or there was some sort of pollution happening because of the massive amounts of corn produced. I kept thinking he was going to give meaning to all this blabbering on about corn. After all, you can't just talk about something and then not give meaning to it, right? Apparently, wrong. The author just goes on and on and on about corn for 20 pages, and then just stops, without stating his purpose in telling us about the corn. Sure, he mentions corn a few more times throughout the book, but ultimately never says why. This is a trend throughout the book too. He throws random information at the reader without explaining it. At some point he mentions that there are bacteria in our food, then continues without explaining why we should care. He just lets us assume that bacteria are bad, without telling us why they are bad. He uses classic scare tactics without any real evidence or explenation to back it up. This continues throughout the book, and its wildly infuriating. Furthermore, the author has clear biases, and while he pretends to address points of view different than his own, he really doesn't. So, if you want an intelligent book that doesn't treat you like you're stupid and rant about corn the whole time, I would not reccomend this one.