In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist

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Summary: A little boy who tries to show off
Review: Angel or madman? Hero or heretic? "In Your Face" is the riveting true-life story of one of the bravest men in America. As hair-raising as a well-crafted crime novel, this book is so shocking, it's hard to believe it's not fiction. For the fate of animals in laboratories, we can only wish it were. Suspenseful, gritty, treacherously honest, and heart-breakingly beautiful, "In Your Face" chronicles one man's fight against pet theft and the heinous crimes and atrocities performed on animals every day in the name of medicine. Chris single-handedly champions the animals against the indifference of the public and the legal system toward animal cruelty and injustice. Chris is living proof that one person can change the world. Read it and join him...but block off some time. You won't be able to put it down. There's only one thing wrong with this book. It wasn't long enough. By the way, Chris claims to not believe in God because a benevolent God couldn't have created a world where there is so much suffering. My message to the author: Cut God some slack, Chris. You're the reason the world is so screwed up. God ran out of time creating everyone else. He spent all His time on you.

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Summary: Proof That Angels Walk the Earth
Review: Angel or madman? Hero or heretic? "In Your Face" is the riveting true-life story of one of the bravest men in America. As hair-raising as a well-crafted crime novel, this book is so shocking, it's hard to believe it's not fiction. For the fate of animals in laboratories, we can only wish it were. Suspenseful, gritty, treacherously honest, and heart-breakingly beautiful, "In Your Face" chronicles one man's fight against pet theft and the heinous crimes and atrocities performed on animals every day in the name of medicine. Chris single-handedly champions the animals against the indifference of the public and the legal system toward animal cruelty and injustice. Chris is living proof that one person can change the world. Read it and join him...but block off some time. You won't be able to put it down. There's only one thing wrong with this book. It wasn't long enough. By the way, Chris claims to not believe in God because a benevolent God couldn't have created a world where there is so much suffering. My message to the author: Cut God some slack, Chris. You're the reason the world is so screwed up. God ran out of time creating everyone else. He spent all His time on you.

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Summary: A little boy who tries to show off
Review: Chris DeRose waves the banner of "goodness." But through the exploits he writes about in this pitiful attempt at a book, he's just an angry little boy who wants attention. He talks about the women he slept with, the property he destroyed, the macho fights he had, and his many times going to jail. Hello, people... take away the "I care about animals" act, and this guy is obviously just a sociopath who can't get along with anyone or do anything successful in his life. Don't waste your money. A friend gave me this book as a joke, and it IS a joke... just like the author who's obviously in love with himself.

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Summary: Torture, by any name...
Review: I'm not a fan of cliches. But since I read this book in a day, how can I avoid saying "I couldn't put it down"! I'm an armchair activist - letters, letters, letters. I don't know where Chris DeRose finds the strength to put himself in situations where hideous cruelty is right there "in his face." Thank heavens he does, and that he chose to share his Direct Action experiences with us. His tale is gripping.And it is a punchy statement on a society which condones, even encourages, torture.

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Summary: Torture, by any name...
Review: I'm not a fan of cliches. But since I read this book in a day, how can I avoid saying "I couldn't put it down"! I'm an armchair activist - letters, letters, letters. I don't know where Chris DeRose finds the strength to put himself in situations where hideous cruelty is right there "in his face." Thank heavens he does, and that he chose to share his Direct Action experiences with us. His tale is gripping.And it is a punchy statement on a society which condones, even encourages, torture.

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Summary: Important facts for animal lovers
Review: When he talks about the subject at hand, author Chris DeRose shows there is no one who is more passionate and committed to the plight of animal abuse and the crime of pet theft. However, Mr. DeRose often can't focus his thoughts, and leads the reader down roads which distract from the true problem he so passionately supports. For example, Mr. DeRose sees himself as quite a ladies man, and several times speaks about how so and so was a "real pretty girl" or how he and his friends were just out "looking to get laid". Frankly, I don't know how that helps his quest to free animals from the tortures of vivasection. Still, Mr. DeRose's text is necessarily harsh, brutal, and realistic, which makes his book one of the most compelling books on this subject in print today. His insight and first-hand accounts of being inside labs command attention and response, but are not for the faint of heart. Thank you, Mr. DeRose, for offering all you have to the oppressed animal population. You are a true friend to the helpless. You've written a story which needed desparately to be told. And you've written it without pulling your punches and without sentimentalizing.

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Summary: Fascinating read
Review: Yes, Chris de Rose is "in your face" and he makes no apologies. But he's really got something to say, too. Sometimes hard to read if you really love animals and abhor vivsection... but a "must read" for anyone who really cares about our fellow living things.

Staci Layne Wilson
Author of Staci's Guide to Animal Movies