A decent read but offers no real analysis. This book has some originality scattered here and there but is overall nothing new to say that hasn’t already been said. Her talks about the coronavirus also seem forced.

A cogent meditation on authoritarian threats to the liberal democracies of the world, circa 2020 — one that I couldn’t put down. Highly recommended.

Applebaum rant against conservatism and people she disdains. A narcissists’ reflection on her imagined place among the so-called intelligentsia. A trope devoid facts or full context.