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personarobot 's review for:
Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones
informative
Although really informative of a political time in 2011, reading this in 2025 was actually quite frustrating, not only because not that much has changed since 2011 but there ARE quite a few bold statements in here that I don't think stand as well as it might have back then, as it would now. The book may have been prefaced in 2020, but it doesn't change the actual stances that the writing sometimes takes. To write, "The aggressors had themselves endured years of abuse." gives me the impression that he's excusing the torture and attempted murder, and I'm sure he doesn't mean that, but he needs to watch how he words things.
If the author is going to release another edition, I'd rather see it (and would read it) if the main book was adapted to match tones of the current time, instead of a preface.
Minor pet peeves include: the lack of chronological order, the repetitive use of the word "feckless" - genuinely never read that word so many times until now (albeit only 24 times in the whole book, predominantly clustered in the first half), and general repetitive nature of the information didn't make it an enjoyable nor easy read.
If the author is going to release another edition, I'd rather see it (and would read it) if the main book was adapted to match tones of the current time, instead of a preface.
Minor pet peeves include: the lack of chronological order, the repetitive use of the word "feckless" - genuinely never read that word so many times until now (albeit only 24 times in the whole book, predominantly clustered in the first half), and general repetitive nature of the information didn't make it an enjoyable nor easy read.