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Jon ronson is either nuts or courageous. A great job of getting close to the source of some major league nut-balls. Honesty is a most powerful tool, and ronson uses it well.

Jon ronson's 'them' is a companion to the doco series the secret rulers of the world. Ronson gets to know extremists of all sorts and conspiracy-theory believers. He also reveals secrets of the bilderberg group and the rather more sophomoric than sata...  Read More

adventures with extremists puts a face on the conspiracy theorists that fascinate and frighten us. The * nations group in idaho is a perfect introduction to just how illogical and overboard we can all be.

It's fun and powerful. Very entertaining. Funny and insightful. Insightful.

Them is well-written, very well organised and staged. Most of it has just a great cinematic feeling that makes the reading truly enjoyable. Leaves the reader with much to ponder once the book is done.



Cons

Ron ronson is funny but also very annoying. Too much garbage clouds the facts, if there are any. To people that i think hold dangerous views and aren't as deserving of so much attention and respect.

He appears to have zero backbone or perspective in how he presents his engagement with both the people and they're stories. He never takes the time to explore if there's any validity to his subjects like omar's disenfranchisement or alex's paranoia. A...  Read More

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The most amazing characteristic i discovered from the book is the incredible level of ineptitude they are seem to display


This is the most fastening book i ever read it made me read every jon ronson book id recommend you do the same


The devastating description of that horrible siege made me cry


There are truly extremes on every side of a position

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He also reveals 34secrets34 of the bilderburg group and the rather more sophomoric than satanical secret owl society where many...  Read More


One of the interesting things about the book is that even though im liberal and probably have little in common with randy weave...  Read More

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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 539.
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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 70.9% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 2,609 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 22 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hes so relatable and insightful and exploratory its hard to not admire his courage and wit


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    I kept wondering while reading it if it was fiction or at least partly fiction


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    I’m also — shamefully — a fan of conspiracy theories


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    This has everything i like about ronson but it relies on repetitive literary flourishes for laughs


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    Strangely all the dialogue sounds like a neurotic british man’s script — even when the dialogue is coming from alex jones


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its also a weird book to read post911 given its detailing of certain extremists before 2001


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Still enjoyable but theres a bit of narrative distance thats hard to bridge


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This didn’t sound that interesting but i tried it

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