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goopium's review against another edition
3.0
Hoped for something more substantiative than some light conversation between almost-strangers that just go through what has been said a thousand places (many of those where it's said better.) Only interesting insofar as one is interested in knowing about the personalities of Roy and Cusack while they travel, and Snowden in an interview. There's also Daniel Ellsberg.
liakell's review
2.0
I feel like they didn't say anything that hasn't been said before, and to publish this book just seems like an attempt to prove that they have thought and talked about these ideas. (But they haven't actually contributed much to the conversation).
Some other reviews have already covered the fact that they say "you just had to be there" to get the extraordinariness of their meeting, but do little to show it.
It all seemed to be a bit too surface-level to be published imo.
Some other reviews have already covered the fact that they say "you just had to be there" to get the extraordinariness of their meeting, but do little to show it.
It all seemed to be a bit too surface-level to be published imo.
amouria's review
3.0
Great read but I wanted more from the conversation. Perhaps Roy could have done this sole and it would have been more attuned to my interests.
janiswong's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A perfect book of thoughts and conversations that reflect the conversations of our time.
gracesbookss's review
3.0
This would have been rated higher if Arundhati Roy had a bigger part in the conversation. A collection of interviews, conversations, and dialogue between activists. Very interesting stuff that has got me thinking about world politics.
stuhlsem's review
4.0
I really loved reading Arundhati Roy's contributions to this conversation. She is a brilliant author who is able to lend the perspective of India's election of a totalitarian government to the US's issues with espionage, etc.
m_d00lz's review
2.0
I understand this is an essay but I wish it had a little more background and more on the back end of the conversation with Edward Snowden to explain it to pleebs that are reading it to be more informed and less dumb
roseandfell's review against another edition
challenging
fast-paced
"What sort of love is this love that we have for countries?"