Funny coincidence: I finished the book last night, and then this morning was listening to Richard Seymour being interviewed on PTO, in which he described his own book as 'incredibly bleak'. While I think this characterization is true, I'm not sure it needed to be. The first couple of chapters are an interesting examination of the current political position, especially through the characters of Duterte, Modi, Bolsanaro, Orban, and, of course, Trump, while the last 'proper' chapter is a remarkably sober explanation of Israeli/Palestinian history and politics. In between, though, I felt like I was wading through a morass of incels, lone wolf shooters, and worse. Much, much worse. I'd definitely re-read the bracketing chapters for the analysis, but I'd skip the utter grimness in between :(