The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire

Couldn't put it down

I saw Matt on t.v. but still wasn't 100% sure I'd be interested in reading this book. However, once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. I read nearly the entire thing in one day. Fascinating and frightening at the same time -- yet, I don't think anyone else has written as truthfully. I have seen glimpses of what he has investigated and experienced firsthand, and it has made me see even more clearly how deranged and deluded we are in this culture.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Great book! Hilarious yet scary at the same time...

I saw his interview on the Daily Show and that was the first time an interview actually made me want to go get the book they were plugging. His humor and dedication really drives this book from front to back. I especially enjoyed his adventures within the church, quite amusing and a little frightening. I would recommend this book to anyone who can find humor in the absurdity of certain forms of religion. Great, easy read. You won't be disappointed!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

The Great Derangement is an intellectual work of art.

If you enjoy a challenge to your sensibilities, this is the book. It is funny, in areas, touching as well. But, mostly it is a far-reaching indictment of the shallowness of many and the gullibility of most. It is a primer for what we at large need to come to terms with as a society stuck in the past closing our eye to the current future and the implications for the long run.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Again Taibbi hits the right cord, brilliant book...

Loved the book, a real MuckRacker!
Bravo

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Enlightening

Very easy read. Greatly entertaining and eye opening at the same time. Leaves you amazed at what you have just read. Highly recommend.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Crazies to the right, wackos to the left

Matt Taibbi tells his tales of the strangeness of the political fringes of America's political scene: the over-religious on some of the right and the under-thinking on parts of the left; the byways of a megachurch and the 9/11 conspiracy types. Both appeal to the odd corners of the mind, run amok. A superior read all the way around both bends in the road of politics.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Warmed over, under-written Hunter S. Thompson wannabe

I had heard good things about Taibbi, but this set of hideously biased nonsense was just a froth of attitude with no solid center. The debt to Hunter S. Thompson is huge, and Taibbi does nothing to emerge from the long shadow of the master. Anyone who wants to see how brilliant polemic becomes tired pastiche need look no further.

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