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jenmangler's review
4.0
Snyder's book simultaneously scares the crap out of me and fills me with tremendous hope. History has a lot to teach us, if we'll only pay attention. Snyder makes that easy with this quick but powerful read.
rumba2007's review
5.0
This book has just made it onto my top ten list. It makes me wish I still was teaching. Should be required reading for all.
cryingcowboy's review
3.0
A pocketbook for understanding where we faltered in the past and what it means for our future.
jiscoo's review
2.25
A pocket-sized book for the privileged American in your life who subscribes to respectability politics and thinks Trump was an aberration in American history. There are some good points, especially in the epilogue re: ahistorical politics of inevitability/eternity and elsewhere re: technological tyranny and engagement at the local level, but for the most part the book is too surface level and couched in a stifling white liberalism to teach most people anything.
jokkemokke's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Must-Read in diesen Zeiten.
gabalodon's review
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Short and important to reflect on. I liked some of the historical context that I was less familiar with, but I think I would have liked having more of the modern day parallels explicitly pointed out, and to have more actionable items on an individual level. It was a lot of warnings about how easy it is to accept horrible things as norm and go along with mob mentality, but nothing about how you personally can actually keep that from happening and resist propaganda and help your family and friends do the same.
thecozyrogue's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5