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So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

22 reviews

frankieclc's review against another edition

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3.0

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aqtbenz's review

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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samarakroeger's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I love Ronson’s extra-dry wit. His narration is extra funny to me.

I think this is fascinating as an examination of public twitter shamings in the early 2010s, a very-much pre #metoo era of social media and discourse. The people in here had their lives ruined by a minor or moderate mistake that was unfortunately captured online and amplified by a crowd of strangers who faced no consequences.

I especially appreciated the parts about the absolute ineffectiveness of prisons. Shame is a counterproductive emotion in most scenarios.

Personally, I think that #metoo is public shaming at its most effective — and that is because it is focused on empowering victims, not just randos.

I know he recently wrote an updated afterword, but that wasn’t in my edition :(

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gimbal's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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sam_rm94's review against another edition

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dark funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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daniellekat's review

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fast-paced

1.25

This book had some interesting cases, but overall the author thought A LOT of himself and it showed. I have literally no words for the Afterword, without it the book would have probably been a 2.25. The concept of this book was fascinating but ultimately it was just poorly executed. All I can say is I would never read something written by this author again.

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luise96's review

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reflective fast-paced

3.5

The book had some interesting perspectives and stories. I enjoyed the first third or so quiet a lot but at the end it was a bit more of a drag for me to finish. Overall its a nice book, but not really what I expected from the blurb.

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