Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

22 reviews

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

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, and Genocide

Moderate: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Minor: Eating disorder

madscientistcat's review

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

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

I regret listening to the audiobook because there were so many sections I wanted to annotate the hell out of, so I'm gonna have to reread this once I've got a physical copy.

While this is a very zeitgeisty book, I think it'll age better than others, as it serves almost as a history book mixed with memoir mixed with psychology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Racism, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, and Abortion

lizzyfc's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

Some sections of this book were a fast read (III - Shadowlands) and absolutely engaged my brain. Some of the book was a bit heady and a bit of a slog though. 
On the whole I appreciate Naomi’s reflections and voice that shines through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, and Forced institutionalization

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Racism

klyon12's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Genocide

meganpbell's review against another edition

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

mmccombs's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Absolutely a must read! This is my first book from Klein and I immediately feel compelled to reach for her backlist. For a fairly short-ish book, this covers so much ground while also going pretty deeply into each topic, I felt it was quite comprehensive. My only complaint was that I sometimes struggled with the organization of the book, I never quite knew where it was going, though each time we got somewhere I enjoyed myself. This is a great book for understanding where we are right now and imagining where we could be, I want to throw this book at everyone I meet!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Misogyny, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Colonisation, Classism, and Antisemitism

pmhandley's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

A very timely read. I certainly disagree with some smaller points in the book - Klein suggests vaccine mandates became less important when we realized people were still getting the virus, which I firmly disagree with - but on the whole it's an important premise. The premise of understanding "Other Naomi" opens up a much deeper conversation on oppression, colonialism, the attention economy and conspiracy theories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism