Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

15 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

An interesting read that's particularly strong in its last few chapters where Naomi Klein illustrates the violent bigotry and genocidal tendencies inherent to Europe and its colonial projects.

The book is well written, covers a lot of ground and offers much food for thought. 

Trying to tie all of these topics back to the doppelganger motif at times feels like a stretch? I definitely lost the thread a few times but was captivated by Klein's meandering narrative nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Colonisation, Violence, Death, Islamophobia, Ableism, Racism, Antisemitism, Genocide, Sexism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Sexual violence

Minor: Dementia and War

rissryann's review

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Rape and Violence

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

aqtbenz's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Xenophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Misogyny, Classism, and Bullying

errie's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

oworthyfool's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, and Genocide

Moderate: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Minor: Eating disorder

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