Reviews

No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein

erdomi's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

msholyoak's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone feeling hopeless. A remedy for Doomerism. it's not enough to just say "no". We need to design an image of a possible world, what that makes us say "Yes".

anweshab's review against another edition

5.0

For the longest time, in our social consciousness, we have assumed wrongly, that wealthy people have super-hero like powers. Klein debunks that myth, providing a coherent path to an alternate state of being, where neoliberal fascism has lost all power in the face of true global democracy. Definitely a great read, and a powerful tool that can help unravel the confusion in our minds to fight back shock tactics faster and better.

chlosophis's review against another edition

4.0

Very scary, understandable, educational, and then finally, hopeful roadmap to recognizing how dangerously flawed systems and ideologies contributed to Trumpism.
Taking on the deconstruction of global neo-liberalism? Here’s the handbook. Looking forward to researching and reading about LEAP.

rhiannondunja's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

churyl90's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

perlstein's review against another edition

4.0

I really liked it. But I felt like it kinda waivers at the end. This may be just me focusing too much on the US, but I felt like the promise of the book didn’t fully deliver in the end. Good information. Well written. Thoughtful. Relevant.

mujerdee's review against another edition

4.0

A really terrific book unpacking the rise of racist capitalism, neoliberal economics and what it means to the world. Klein refers back to some of her other books, The Shock Doctrine, Climate Change and No Logo, but explains the links if readers haven't yet gotten around to reading these. Grateful for the ending after a really harrowing few chapters had me wondering if I should just give up/crawl into a hole.

I vacillate between feeling the current Administration is wantonly clueless or if there is an malevolent intentionality/larger plan in the seeming rando distracting crap they pull. Klein argues successfully that it is the latter, and that brought back all the PTSD I felt in reading her previous books. Would have loved a more stepwise method of what to do: an action plan, but provides info on The Leap, an inspiring, big-picture narrative for an energy transition based in principles of justice, human rights, and worker solidarity....thankfully. Check it out, people: https://theleap.org/


Bonus points for not being too not larded in jargon, but it lost a star due to the audiobook's narrator (distracting vocal fry, monotone delivery, fumbling words she should know). Highly recommended.

tiffanywang29's review against another edition

4.0

I’ve been trying to avoid reading any reflections on Trump and how this happened because I don’t want to get into a “bubble,” as you might say but I had to read this for class. Nevertheless, it was pretty good. Nothing life-changing, but practical and fairly even handed.

ceilingtreaty's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book gives you a lot to think about. Well written and gives lots of resources for future learning. I wish Naomi Klein covered reactionary politics and how pushes for a better future can result in pushes back from people who feel threatened by these proposed changes.