Thank you Netgalley and Unbound for providing me an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

"Not Buying It" is a book about fake news that is interesting and informative, but I was expecting a bit more.

In this book, the journalist Charlotte Henry talks about why fake news are common nowadays, and discusses recent political issues in which fake news had a relevant part, namely the 2016 American Elections and Brexit. In the end, she provides a few solutions for this phenomenon.

This book was insightful and interesting, and I especially enjoyed the two specific case studies. I knew fake news had an important part on both Brexit and Trump's election, but it's quite different to see it so well explained. I feel like this book would have helped me a lot with my Politics Communication class two years ago, as we talked a lot about this subject in class, and how fake news, along with other things like people's disbelief in political organizations, is affecting politics, and consequently our society, nowadays.

However, it was nothing new (at least to me) and I was expecting a bit more, since even the solutions were kind of obvious, and mostly theoretical. Nonetheless, I think this book is relevant for today, and I reccomend it if this subject is something that particularly interests you.

Isn't it scary that we're living in something called the ‘post-truth’ era? Charlotte A. Henry describes very eloquently what that entails, how fake news and alternative facts rose to prominence, and what we can do to combat them.
Highly recommendable and very relevant!

Firstly, this book is so relevant right now. As soon as I picked it up I was interested, I wanted to hear what the author had to say. The concept was appealing as the term 'fake news' gets thrown around so much in society today. Just as I'm writing this BBC News showed an old clip of Boris Johnson pretending it was from this year after he placed his poppy wreath upside down this year - do they even have a political agenda? It raises huge questions on who we can trust. It speaks about how fake news is often linked to a political agenda, in this last few years this has become so apparent and clear, people are starting to not know where to turn and this book can help with that.

Some of the details which the author has included truly are shocking. There's details in there which me as a regular person never knew and I feel like she's spoke with so many people that it makes this book feel well balanced and reliable.

From the start this book grabs your attention however it is very casual - the type of read I would be likely to pick up at the train station - it's appealing to someone like me who otherwise might not understand academical terms relating to news, media and politics.

I would recommend the book to my friend if they are looking for something casual and I feel in these times where this a lot of fake news this book will help many people to understand more about it.