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Liked It “Makes you laugh, it makes you angry, it scares you a little bit. Taibbi finds the crazy in America and yanks it out into the open.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “It felt like the author cobbled together some disparate things that he'd reported on into a not entirely cohesive book. I kind of wished he'd just picked one topic to focus on and run with it. I also found that the sour political mood felt a bit dated, with the end of the Bush era upon us.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Makes you laugh, it makes you angry, it scares you a little bit. Taibbi finds the crazy in America and yanks it out into the open. ”
Ariana C wrote this review Sunday, July 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love me some Tabbi. But I do find him better in shorter articles than in a full blown book. I enjoyed his writing more than the material itself.”
assaf wrote this review Friday, July 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“After fifty pages I began to enjoy Tiabbi's angry and mean musings. After three hundred pages I'm glad I stuck with the book. I haven't been swayed in any way, but I don't think I was meant to. I don't think anyone would be swayed by "The Great Derangement," but what are you going to do?
Brandon W wrote this review Friday, April 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If you believe in Jesus Christ and believe that he is the one true savior of the world and that those who don't repent are doomed to hell you probably won't enjoy this book. Tiabi goes undercover and joins a Texas MegaChurch. He sits through services and prayer meetings and retreats. He becomes friends with fellow parishioners. He comes to the conclusion that most of the people in the church mean well but are just lonely and loneliness will lead you to groups that believe in hellfire.
If you believe 9-11 was an inside job you probably won't enjoy this book. Tiabbi is targeted by the 9-11 conspiricists because he makes an off-handed remark in one of his columns. After that he meets some of these people and reads site after site of 'truths' and calls government officials and scientists. He becomes sympathetic to these people. He comes to the conclusion that most of the people that believe 9-11 was an inside job are just lonely and loneliness and a good internet connection may lead you to paranoia.
I know people like this. People on both sides. They're good people. I want to give them a hug but don't want them too close to me. Their sadness weighs me down and I don't know what my role should be. So I read books like this and feel no different. ”
“If you read Matt in RS it's a redundant in several articles. I like his writing A LOT!!”
Skip Z wrote this review Tuesday, April 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“ Matt Tiabbi tries to make some sense of the Bush years by telling the story of evangelical fanatics, 9/11 truth movement gone insane, the war in Iraq and the politicians cheating us all while we were distracted. It is a mad funny black comedy that would be a whole lot funnier if it wasn't a true story. ”
Robephiles wrote this review Monday, January 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“great -- hilarious. He's a really funny author -- argues both sides and points out the ridiculous in our country. laugh out loud type of a book.”
Colleen D wrote this review Thursday, January 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“It felt like the author cobbled together some disparate things that he'd reported on into a not entirely cohesive book. I kind of wished he'd just picked one topic to focus on and run with it. I also found that the sour political mood felt a bit dated, with the end of the Bush era upon us.”
JulieK wrote this review Thursday, January 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Matt's articles in Rolling Stone are fantastic. This is not a collection-it's excellent telling of some undercover work in the world of fundamentalist religion and of course Washington.”
georgesand wrote this review Monday, November 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The topic is interesting enough but meanders a bit too much to make it a very good read. The chapter where he envisions the Republicans planning on blowing up the WTC was too much, too long and not as funny as he probably wanted it to be.
JimYung wrote this review Wednesday, September 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The early chapters of the Truth group were very good but slogged down. Same with the religious group. The government bits were good, probably because they were concise.”
