“The book is often hilarious, with hints of David Sedaris’s style.”
“This is an unusual memoir that stands out for its nerdy quirkiness, as the author recounts his often bittersweet adventures on the road to making suffering a central focus of his life and becoming an activist. He describes the challenges he's faced, including major health issues and being fired by the animal rights organisation he co-founded, while regularly expressing his devotion to the love of his life, with whom he also advocates on behalf of animals. Along the way he addresses some important philosophical stances and summarises the key arguments for his position (which I usually agree with), while also offering some snippets of life wisdom and financial advice! The book is often hilarious, with hints of David Sedaris’s style. Throughout, despite the cheerful, casual tone, one senses a burning flame of rage against the perpetrators of so much suffering in the world, and he speaks out bluntly against the Church as well a major right-wing US political party.”
