christygoldsmith 's review for:

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen

3.0

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So I really liked the voice in this text (and the author himself narrates the audiobook which makes it even more enjoyable), and, if I’m being honest, it was the voice that kept me going when I was ready to abandon it. The narrative he’s spinning—that America’s puritan roots inevitably led to the 2016 Election Disaster (well, that’s his point writ large)—is one I agree with, and I appreciated the path from then to now. However, at times, I wanted more matter and less art; in other words, a little speedier movement towards a point and a few less tongue-in-cheek footnotes. I’m glad I read it, but since I teach classes in media literacy, it didn’t much surprise me.