A review by gsxr_reads
Them: Adventures with Extremists by Jon Ronson

reflective slow-paced

1.0

Well…… this started off good. It had humour, it made me chuckle while also taking you into the mind of a Muslim extremist. However once the chapter ended with the Muslim guy, it became a story that made little sense and was very disjointed. It felt like ramblings that seemed pointless. The only other part of the book that I felt took you into how an extremist thinks was the chapter the met with the ku klux klan. That contained some very disturbing comments and belief systems. Some quite upsetting. However other the. The two chapters mentioned, it was like a random conversation between the author and whomever he happened to be hanging out with. I failed to see any real extremism in the other chapters as the dialogue made little sense. The thing I would draw from this book is that extremists are all mad! I doubt I will ever understand a view such as anyone of the certain colour is less than you 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t get it. Everyone is human, they treat me ok, I treat them ok. So the way the klansmen spoke was deranged. However overall this book was boring, I was dragging myself through and it felt very disjointed and made little sense. I don’t like leaving poor reviews yet sadly I have nothing hugely positive to say. I wouldn’t recommend it unfortunately.