A review by joeynedland
Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis

3.0

I think that there’s good content to write to better understand Amazon’s impact on our economy and society writ large, but MacGillis’s way of telling that story doesn’t necessarily take the most effective angle. He anchors the story through personal stories, weaving in biographies of many whose lives have been negatively affected by Amazon in some way, along with detailed histories of industry in select areas (Ohio, Baltimore). I think that it relies a bit too heavily on these anecdotes, and the throughlines are muddled at points, which I found somewhat frustrating. Still, a useful book to read to understand just how many people have been active champions of the detrimental rise of Amazon to the point of monopoly.