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0hannah0banana0's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I am not quite sure what all the negative feedback on this book is. This book is a collection of essays guiding us through different aspects, levels and geographical effects of colonialism and neo-colonialism. It feels like your favourite Professor going in on this weeks lecture materials. The author adds their own opinion and humor for context and “comedic relief”.
A lot of the book will leave you gob smacked if this is your first book of the sort but apart from that I don’t really understand the reviews.
This book is not a quick read but definitely manageable in your regular reading speed for 200 pages. My speed is not reflective of the storytelling but of a busy schedule. So please do not be deterred to read this.
A lot of the book will leave you gob smacked if this is your first book of the sort but apart from that I don’t really understand the reviews.
This book is not a quick read but definitely manageable in your regular reading speed for 200 pages. My speed is not reflective of the storytelling but of a busy schedule. So please do not be deterred to read this.
paulsnelling's review against another edition
3.0
An angry book, but there’s much to be angry about. It never loses the feel of a polemic and it’s disappointing that there’s so little discussion about what should be done. White allyship is summarily dismissed in favour of inevitable revolution which might be lost in environmental catastrophe. Powerful
daveyk's review against another edition
4.0
This book shook me to my core, depressed me to no end. It should be required reading throughout the world but also only be approached with something warm and kind in hand, perhaps a blanket or plushie or a cup of tea brewed by someone you love. Then again, those same products likely would not be in your household were it not for the suffering of a poor group exploited somewhere along the supply chain. So even reaching for comfort, you would be reminded of Kehinde Andrews' central premise herein: today's global economic and political system is only superficially different from that which came before. It is an apparatus that came to dominate through the terrible realities of racism, slavery, colonialism and genocide, the after-effects of which can be seen wherever one turns.
The anger in this book is palpable and infectious, with Andrews bombarding the reader with scathing critiques of the West's past and present, the damaging ideas and mythologies that continue to result in and amplify rampant inequality worldwide, and much more - too much to summarise in this mini-review. I am glad I read this, though I feel I closed its back cover a more pessimistic person. I would have liked to hear more proposals for solving the many problems that plague modern society, but that is a tall order for anyone. The book may also have benefited from a little more editing as there was some unnecessary repetition.
The anger in this book is palpable and infectious, with Andrews bombarding the reader with scathing critiques of the West's past and present, the damaging ideas and mythologies that continue to result in and amplify rampant inequality worldwide, and much more - too much to summarise in this mini-review. I am glad I read this, though I feel I closed its back cover a more pessimistic person. I would have liked to hear more proposals for solving the many problems that plague modern society, but that is a tall order for anyone. The book may also have benefited from a little more editing as there was some unnecessary repetition.
breadandmushrooms's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
madhamster's review against another edition
5.0
Nothing sugar-coated. No punches pulled.
This is an urgent call for the complete upheaval of the current Western imperialist and racist system.
This is an urgent call for the complete upheaval of the current Western imperialist and racist system.