Reviews

How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Daniel Ziblatt, Steven Levitsky

fierymtnsunrise's review

3.0

Good but dense.

nbtroy's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

you have to read until the end to feel inspired and hopeful that I do think that putting things in his historical context is really important

lauvande's review

medium-paced

3.75

katiebush955's review

My mood while reading it was "oh, we're WELL past that"

cosmiclattereads's review

5.0

This book was very scary and enlightening to read. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in politics. It delves into the democracies of Latin America and Europe that fell to authoritarianism and how that happened. it then juxtaposed this with what is happening currently in the United States. It was scary to read. It also describes how the US can save itself from the descent into authoritarianism, and what can happen if we don't.

anapetree's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

ftrprez's review

4.0

Excellent book comparing what has occurred the past 30-40 years in America to Democracies that have fallen and, in some cases, recovered, illuminating a path through these somewhat fraught times.

k8iedid's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

The template looks the same in almost every country. A stark warning.

iiiiiiona's review

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

yoinkars's review

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25