Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

8 reviews

ka_cam's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Interesting and reflective read on the self, personal and group identity, capitalism and conspiracy - I especially enjoyed the parts on autism, qanon, antisemitism and Palestine. Would recommend for anyone trying to process and understand our current moment, lots to chew on and discuss!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Hate crime, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Body shaming, and Racism

cerysl's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Islamophobia, Sexism, Ableism, Antisemitism, Bullying, Classism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

minniepauline's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

This is a brilliant book. Klein’s writing is accessible, well-researched and compassionate. It was a very tough read, emotionally, for me. But one I think I’m going to want to revisit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, War, Torture, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Genocide, Death, Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Hate crime, Colonisation, Child abuse, Antisemitism, and Murder

oworthyfool's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gaslighting, Ableism, Sexism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Genocide, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Police brutality

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Hate crime, Classism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Islamophobia, Child death, and War

Minor: Slavery, Rape, Abortion, and Transphobia

Extensive discussion of various genocides and the holocaust specifically

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I don’t even know where to start. So many WOW moments for me (I don’t consider the following spoilers, but in case you might, feel free to stop reading here):

1. I had no idea the battle of the Naomis even existed. I was shocked to read about how far down the rabbit hole Naomi Wolf had fallen into, especially because I loved her book The Beauty Myth.
2. I was also shocked to read that Christiane Northrup had sold out. I used to respect these two women so much!
3. I was surprised that Canada wasn’t as free from extreme rightist politics as I thought.
4. I was puzzled as to why Naomi Klein, Naomi Wolf, and Naomi Campbell would be confused. They are so very different women, and even if it’s an aggressive autocorrect, the first letters of their last names aren’t even anywhere close to each other on the keyboard!!

I laughed, even guffawed at parts. I blurt out “EW!” over and over. I applauded. I gasped. I scratched my head. This book had it all. And while I’m both sorry that Naomi Wolf’s mind and body has been kidnapped and replaced by an alien and that Naomi Klein has had to suffer for it, I’m glad it led to this book. And yeah, it was worth staying up all night to finish the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Confinement, Fatphobia, Violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Genocide, and Xenophobia

meganpbell's review

adventurous dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Facing her own doppelgänger, leftist activist Naomi Klein explores the absurdity, inversion, and surreality of our cultural and political moment, offering piercing perspectives on self-branding and conspiracy theories, climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, and more. Sprawling, funny, intellectually invigorating, and disturbing in equal measure—if you get lost following Klein through the mirror world,  you’ll end with your feet on more solid ground.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Ableism, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, and Death of parent

ranocchietto's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, War, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Torture, and Trafficking