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A review by dunnadam
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
4.0
The book got me thinking, which I appreciated. It's the kind of book that you end up reading out loud to your spouse and co-workers and stay up late reading. At the start of the book a lot of the shamings were outrageous which got me talking and thinking, and we surrounded by interesting history on public shaming in general. As the book went on the shamings became more shall we say deserved, and the analysis seemed to lessen. Much of the second half of the book is taken up with things like Ronson attending a seminar on how to lose your shame which dissolved into anarchy and kind of proved nothing.
There's no neat bows on this package, no easy answers. It got me thinking about shame, what is my part. For example James Frey, I read two of his books before the scandal and enjoyed them, none after. He didn't commit a crime, I think he should still be able to write and publish, but if I personally still hold a grudge and refuse to read the new work am I contributing to the shame circle? When someone does something wrong, as we all do, what is the process for letting go? I need just a little bit more answers, still enjoyed the book very much.
There's no neat bows on this package, no easy answers. It got me thinking about shame, what is my part. For example James Frey, I read two of his books before the scandal and enjoyed them, none after. He didn't commit a crime, I think he should still be able to write and publish, but if I personally still hold a grudge and refuse to read the new work am I contributing to the shame circle? When someone does something wrong, as we all do, what is the process for letting go? I need just a little bit more answers, still enjoyed the book very much.