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jhouses's review against another edition
2.0
Es una transcripción (grabación en el caso del audiolibro) de una conversación entre las cuatro figuras del nuevo ateismo, precedida por ensayos de los tres supervivientes y un prólogo de Stephen Fry leídos por ellos mismos. Los ensayos y el prólogo son interesantes sin aportar nada nuevo pero la conversación, sin verdadera tensión argumental, se reduce a "comerse las pollas unos a otros" como diría Tarantino.
hauteclere's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderfully civil, intellectual and discursive conversation, featuring two of my favorite authors - Prof. Dawkins whose Selfish Gene changed my life in high school and Christopher Hitchens whose sheer brilliance dazzles even when it sometimes horrifies. It is reflective of the tradition in which I was raised and educated - England - and makes me miss that when today so much is shrill, stupidly partisan and poorly thought out. I shall be listening to this again soon, and in the meantime, I will set out to read more Hitch.
agnela's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I started this book expecting a lot, but it went down hill. Kind of. There is no insights in to atheism or theism, no discussion about why people believe what they do, what it does psychologically, or why they hold on to their beliefs rather than rationality.
This was a conversation between two atheists, with some mentions of science, physics, but no psychological, cultural or historical points. It gives no value in 2023, as it happened 10+ years ago.
I also felt uncomfortable when they mentioned Islam or wanting to abolish all religions. First was Islamophobic, the second just ignores human nature, culture and mentality. It is not that religion itself is bad, it is the fact that it operates on violence, false hopes, lies and crimes in the name of their deities.
II would advise anyone interested in this book to watch the video of the discussion rather than waste time reading this. I will try reading author's other works, and see if the thoughts they put on paper with intent has more to say than this.
This was a conversation between two atheists, with some mentions of science, physics, but no psychological, cultural or historical points. It gives no value in 2023, as it happened 10+ years ago.
I also felt uncomfortable when they mentioned Islam or wanting to abolish all religions. First was Islamophobic, the second just ignores human nature, culture and mentality. It is not that religion itself is bad, it is the fact that it operates on violence, false hopes, lies and crimes in the name of their deities.
II would advise anyone interested in this book to watch the video of the discussion rather than waste time reading this. I will try reading author's other works, and see if the thoughts they put on paper with intent has more to say than this.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Islamophobia
karantaneja's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 ☆
A very interesting read with excellent bits and ideas floated around to ponder upon. The unique format of the book feels like eavesdropping on a conversation of great minds with unique thoughts and ideas that challenges.
A very interesting read with excellent bits and ideas floated around to ponder upon. The unique format of the book feels like eavesdropping on a conversation of great minds with unique thoughts and ideas that challenges.
dorothy_gale's review against another edition
5.0
Fascinating. It was eye-opening to hear how much discrimination and ostracism these guys experienced, sometimes for merely using logic, so I'm glad their messages reached so many. They describe how extremely offended religious people get -- I can't help but wonder if this depth of offense is at the root of what we see today for all things American media. I've never been fond of the word 'hubris' but it definitely fits here given what we've witnessed in 2020 ("dangerous overconfidence.")
This book basically altered my thoughts on how to raise my kids around religion. One of the chapters in this book (I can't remember which) opened with questions, and my daughter says "Hey I have those same questions!"
I want to find the YouTube version of this conversation and pick-up whatever I missed in the audio version.
This book basically altered my thoughts on how to raise my kids around religion. One of the chapters in this book (I can't remember which) opened with questions, and my daughter says "Hey I have those same questions!"
I want to find the YouTube version of this conversation and pick-up whatever I missed in the audio version.
andystone's review against another edition
3.0
The whole conversation was a debate without anyone on the other side, and it felt like four Redditors clamoring to agree and one-up each other's statements. It's an important message, but a little too self congratulatory to be of much interest.
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism and Islamophobia
bru_reads's review against another edition
2.0
2.0 - This book is nothing but a transcript of the conversation anyone can see on YouTube (if you haven't yet you should!) with some extra texts by the three living Horsemen and a great preface by Stephen King.
thunguyen's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to an audiobook version and found it a very bad way to listen to this conversation. It might have been better if I had watched it on Youtube where it was originally posted.