on a high

Congratulations to Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave! I feel like breaking a world record (an impressive one like theirs. not like: the most boiled eggs in a human mouth or the world’s longest nasal hair.) what could I do? (other than be useless.)

This was written at a time when I was highly skeptical of supermarkets and the food industry. I now feel very different to this; I say that because the style of this review is very subjective.

Food for thought and thought for food.

Ever wondered how the supermarkets manage to provide an abundance of seemingly desirable foods to the consumer at a rate that no past civilisation could ever consider conceivable? Ever wondered who packages your pre-packaged salads, how well they are treated and paid? How good quality you’re cut of chicken is? What is the impact of the coffee industry on global economies and the environment? Infact, what the environmental factors to our food system are overall? Well, this book has the answers to these questions and many, many more.

In this beautifully crafted and concise book investigative journalist Felicity Lawrence dishes up some true food for thought and lifts the lid on the rotten corruption that plagues the food market. A magnificent read, it’s compelling, it’s horrifying but it’s also quite moving. Lawrence has strong opinions when it comes to her food; she like the many people she speaks to in this book thinks that meals should be a social time as well as a nourishing time, that protectionism is necessary and that people should spend more time considering what they eat and how they’ll cook it.

Not on the label is the ultimate motivation for anyone who has an inquisitive mind and likes to make conscientious decisions when it comes to what they eat to truly probe the food market. This book will explain the faults with the modern food market and sates the appetite for some truths.

Okay. By no means is this a new book, but I read it ages ago and this is what I thought at the time.

Naturally, I’m biased. I studied a McEwan novel at A-level and it enthralled me, drawing me into McEwan’s style. He is such a psychological writer with so much to offer, at points he can be deadly serious, at others hilarious. He is so skilled at creating lovable or contemptable characters, that empathy is unavoidable. He clearly has a strong grasp of the human psyche. See, I’m strongly biased.

This book offers a panoramic overview of pre-‘, post-’ and wartime Britain as well as a strong fulfilling intricacy, allowing an appreciation of the lifestyle of this era, how people endured such tumultuous times and hyperbolising the duration of Briony’s turmoil. Then, finally the book reaches a completely unexpected bittersweet conclusion, which suddenly hits you with ideas of unreliable narrator and deception.

A wholly entertaining novel. convincing, captivating and thought-provoking writing packed full of guilt, shame and disappointment.

A hazy, not-too-revealing summary of the book.
This book tells the tale of Briony, a drama and literature obsessed teen, who witnesses certain events between her sister, Cecilia, and her childhood friend, Robbie Turner, both have returned from Cambridge to their ancient, rural home for the summer. This is the same summer that Briony’s older brother Leon, Mr. Marshall and her three cousins are due to stay. Later, gravely serious events occur, which Robbie is convicted for, because of Briony’s lies and her reporting a concerningly lecherous letter. Briony spends the rest of her life attempting to atone her crime, but…