Reviews tagging 'War'

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

17 reviews

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Hate crime, Classism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Islamophobia, Child death, and War

Minor: Slavery, Rape, Abortion, and Transphobia

Extensive discussion of various genocides and the holocaust specifically

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

I don’t even know where to start. So many WOW moments for me (I don’t consider the following spoilers, but in case you might, feel free to stop reading here):

1. I had no idea the battle of the Naomis even existed. I was shocked to read about how far down the rabbit hole Naomi Wolf had fallen into, especially because I loved her book The Beauty Myth.
2. I was also shocked to read that Christiane Northrup had sold out. I used to respect these two women so much!
3. I was surprised that Canada wasn’t as free from extreme rightist politics as I thought.
4. I was puzzled as to why Naomi Klein, Naomi Wolf, and Naomi Campbell would be confused. They are so very different women, and even if it’s an aggressive autocorrect, the first letters of their last names aren’t even anywhere close to each other on the keyboard!!

I laughed, even guffawed at parts. I blurt out “EW!” over and over. I applauded. I gasped. I scratched my head. This book had it all. And while I’m both sorry that Naomi Wolf’s mind and body has been kidnapped and replaced by an alien and that Naomi Klein has had to suffer for it, I’m glad it led to this book. And yeah, it was worth staying up all night to finish the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Confinement, Fatphobia, Violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Genocide, and Xenophobia

mads_jpg's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

I regret listening to the audiobook because there were so many sections I wanted to annotate the hell out of, so I'm gonna have to reread this once I've got a physical copy.

While this is a very zeitgeisty book, I think it'll age better than others, as it serves almost as a history book mixed with memoir mixed with psychology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Genocide, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Racism, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, and Abortion

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: War, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Racism

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Violence, Ableism, Colonisation, War, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Dementia

pmhandley's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

A very timely read. I certainly disagree with some smaller points in the book - Klein suggests vaccine mandates became less important when we realized people were still getting the virus, which I firmly disagree with - but on the whole it's an important premise. The premise of understanding "Other Naomi" opens up a much deeper conversation on oppression, colonialism, the attention economy and conspiracy theories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

ranocchietto's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, War, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Colonisation, Death, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Torture, and Trafficking