Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

34 reviews

errie's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

minniepauline's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

This is a brilliant book. Klein’s writing is accessible, well-researched and compassionate. It was a very tough read, emotionally, for me. But one I think I’m going to want to revisit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sarahnella's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

oworthyfool's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Minor: Eating disorder

madscientistcat's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Islamophobia, and War

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Transphobia, and Abortion

Extensive discussion of various genocides and the holocaust specifically

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

I hate that I liked this book. This was chosen for my book club, and after about 40% of the way through, I was committed to letting my book club know I hated it. I kept going, and wow. I couldn't stop reading. I can't stop thinking about this book. I thought the whole Shadow World thing was stupid at first and just a little out there, but once she started talking about colonialism in context of the Shadow World... This should be required reading for white people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Violence and Abortion

himpersonal'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:

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

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: Misogyny, Sexism, and Antisemitism

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

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: Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War