Reviews tagging 'War'

Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

9 reviews

jessfr08_'s review

dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Antisemitism, Genocide, War, and Xenophobia

agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

An excellent and easily digestible book that highlights how anti-jewish behaviour is diminished by both sides of the political spectrum. It includes several recent examples and it's definitely a book worth reading that I will be recommending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Antisemitism, and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime and Genocide

Minor: War

ollie_again's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Genocide

Minor: Cursing, War, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, and Ableism

sas_ram's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism and Racism

Moderate: Violence, Deportation, Hate crime, and Gun violence

Minor: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, War, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Bullying, and Homophobia

braggsy's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Ableism, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Slavery, Sexual assault, Classism, and Mental illness

lucyeanderson's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

this is an incredibly insightful book, and one i’m really glad i read. baddiel brings up a lot of really important points, particularly about racism in left wing spaces. it felt like it jumped from one point to another a lot, but overall i think its a very important book for everyone to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Genocide, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War, Violence, and Colonisation

jaconnolly's review

informative reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Sexual violence, and Slavery

readingatthemuseum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

Minor: Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and War

lauryngreen's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

Where do I even begin with this book? I won’t lie, I picked it up because it was short and I wanted a short read but holy hell. I want to recommend this book to everyone. Every progressive who has ever insisted that #JewsDon’tCount, every person who claims to stand for freedom - unless that freedom is for the Jews, everyone on Twitter who feels entitled to know every Jew’s opinion on Palestine. This book should be mandatory reading before you’re allowed to sign up for a Twitter account. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, War, Antisemitism, and Genocide

Throughout, this book touches on a lot of themes of antisemitism and racism, and what that means to different people. It calls upon recent (and not so recent) instances of these bigotries, which are challenging to read.