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lowkeymarie's review against another edition
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Islamophobia and Xenophobia
nymeria123's review against another edition
3.0
A good summary, but I wish it was infused with more commentary, not just the last few pages of the afterword. A lot of the book felt like a Wikipedia article in graphic form. Also, there was no commentary on general complaints of capitalism and how we are in late-stage capitalism fuelled by these billionaires, rather saying we only need a few government reforms to curtail the billionaires and everything will be fine (even climate change).
rachelwalexander's review against another edition
5.0
"Billionaires" is a compelling look at the lives of Rupert Murdoch, the Koch Brothers and Jeff Bezos. The mix of personal biography and business history was well-done and offered a clear picture of each man's life and how he amassed wealth and power. Illustrations and layout are clean and made each narrative easy to follow. This is a great work of comics nonfiction - dense but still highly readable.
sizrobe's review against another edition
4.0
This book certainly depicts billionaires as people who largely got where they are by being bastards, and who use their power and influence in bastardly ways. The Koch brothers in particular seem almost comically evil. Also, I knew that Rupert Murdoch was a terrible person, but this book depicts him in a particularly poor light.