How poignant, timely, and distressingly thought-provoking. Through a series of personal anecdotes, world history, and unfolding events we are taken through an unpeeling of Western ethical superiority and begin to reckon with what that means on a larger scale. The structure captured the near poetic writing and cadence of the work and was compellingly presented. Unforgettable.

This book is essential reading for all humans. It is blunt and brutal and necessary and unyielding in its critique of not only the past 15 months but the past hundred years. This book will be going into the hands of every customer.

Through his essays and commentary on the West's treatment of Brown people, to the genocide in Palestine, the use of language in journalism, and his lived experience, Omar El Akkad voices out what I'm sure many of us have felt and continue to feel about the current state of the world we live in. The book assumes you are informed and have kept up with what's going on in Gaza, so bear that in mind. While I gathered nothing new from the book, it helped me process my thoughts and feelings and gave me hope that I wasn't alone.