If you watched the free 20 minute online "Story of Stuff" documentary and thought "That's great, but I wish it was drier, and more packed with an overwhelming volume of information," then this book is for you! I hate to sound catty, but it's true. Sadly, this book takes everything that made the documentary great, and does the exact opposite.
Charitably, The Story of Stuff (the book) could be said to be a companion piece to the documentary. A tome for those who watched the movie and wanted to dispute the facts. A dense brick of text, thick with footnotes, heavy on policy wonkery and clunky writing.
The genius of the "Story of Stuff" documentary is that it was told in plain English, without a lot of judgment - just the facts. It was illustrated with an animated style of ink brush figures that are both charming and clean, giving a lot of white space to the screen, which lets you focus on what's being said.
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