Holy Cow: A Modern Day Dairy Tale by David Duchovny | Book Review
5/5 stars!!! This is a eminently comical book filled with wise-cracks and wit but has surprisingly and effortlessly delivered some really important messages about acceptance, culture, mutual respect and understanding. It is a reminder that animals are not the mindless beasts purely there to serve and feed us as many of us in the human race seem to think they are. One thing that our MC, Elsie the cow, says in this book really stood out to me. She said something along the lines of: humans shouldn't have the privilege of being called an animal because we don't deserve it. She says that she thanks every blade of grass when she's grazing in the field. That's respect for nature at its finest and it is how many of us forget to be. While getting that point across, Duchovny doesn't do it in a preachy way. It's lighthearted and it's FUNNY. It's a completely crazy (yet oh so very true!) globe-trotting story that requires you to leave your sense of reality behin...