Reviews tagging 'Rape'

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

15 reviews

jamesjoyc's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0


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rory_john14's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0


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frankieclc's review

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3.0


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strawberrypossum's review against another edition

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fast-paced

5.0


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daniellekat's review against another edition

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fast-paced

1.25

This book had some interesting cases, but overall the author thought A LOT of himself and it showed. I have literally no words for the Afterword, without it the book would have probably been a 2.25. The concept of this book was fascinating but ultimately it was just poorly executed. All I can say is I would never read something written by this author again. 

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luise96's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

3.5

The book had some interesting perspectives and stories. I enjoyed the first third or so quiet a lot but at the end it was a bit more of a drag for me to finish. Overall its a nice book, but not really what I expected from the blurb. 

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vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

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medium-paced

1.0

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read. 

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literaltrash's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0


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whittenholmes's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0


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cielthedeal's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

High level: A book on cancel culture and shame, very accessible.

I'd rate it a 5 on exploring the complex emotions of shame and how we (society both on and offline) inflict it. The book didn't go where I thought it would and really explores the nuances in shame as a punishment in formal (legal cases) and informal (online) settings - interviewing people who are both the perpetrator (victim of shame?) and the judge.

But then I'd rate it a 3 on the "off the paved path" tracks the book takes. Sometimes Ronson goes off his main message and I think we're going somewhere interesting, and then it turns out the end of the road is not at all related to the original idea or theme and I'm like, how did I end up here?

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