A review by myhomextheroad
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

An excellent read for the current times. Snyder does a great job of not sugarcoating the means by which authoritarians come to power, and how the lessons we can learn from fascist & Communist regimes of the 20th century apply today. Simultaneously, he doesn't go in for fearmongering, either—and the commitment to identifying ways we can all resist authoritarian cultures and structures makes this a heartening read. Strongly recommend if you're tired of doomscrolling but still want to read something about what we can do.

Also, the added graphic elements contributed a lot to the essays. I've taken off .25 of a star because of some formatting issues with the library edition I was reading, but I'd like to track down a physical copy to see if the same issues are resolved in print.