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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

15 reviews

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

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: 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

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

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

erint251's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed Klein changling her writing style up and delivering this book in a more personal, conversational tone.

also I'm pretty sure I've never read a non-fiction book that ends with a plot twist before?! Her mind omg

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Antisemitism

Minor: Eating disorder and Rape