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Doppelganger by Naomi Klein

11 reviews

seventhswan's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

This was my first time reading Naomi Klein, though her work came recommended so my expectations were high. Doppelganger lived up to these expectations - I found it to be an engaging, insightful look at a range of related political and social issues, using ideas about doubling and replication as a springboard. Notably, this is the first text of any length I've read where I came away feeling like I'd actually improved my understanding of the politics surrounding Israel and Palestine. 

I found the section on autism a little random - slightly strange in tone and out of step with the rest of the book, even though the changeling-as-doppelganger theory made for an obvious link to the title. Klein's denial that autism is a disability ("just a different way of being human" - well-meaning, but no!) meant she didn't engage with disability politics in that section too closely, instead critiquing the Autism Mom Community largely on their promotion of medical misinformation. None of this content was incorrect, of course, but something just felt... off.

Overall, though, this was a few pages of a largely excellent book, and I'll look to read more by Klein in future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, and Violence

uranaishi's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Deportation

rissryann's review

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Rape and Violence

ka_cam's review

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Interesting and reflective read on the self, personal and group identity, capitalism and conspiracy - I especially enjoyed the parts on autism, qanon, antisemitism and Palestine. Would recommend for anyone trying to process and understand our current moment, lots to chew on and discuss!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Antisemitism, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cerysl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Colonisation, War, Classism, 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

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

mmccombs's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Absolutely a must read! This is my first book from Klein and I immediately feel compelled to reach for her backlist. For a fairly short-ish book, this covers so much ground while also going pretty deeply into each topic, I felt it was quite comprehensive. My only complaint was that I sometimes struggled with the organization of the book, I never quite knew where it was going, though each time we got somewhere I enjoyed myself. This is a great book for understanding where we are right now and imagining where we could be, I want to throw this book at everyone I meet!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic