It's fair to say that people on the sceptic side of the climate debate think that Naomi Klein is a weapons grade noodle. But it's not just us. Plenty of serious commentators on the other side of the debate feel the same way. Take these examples.
Ms Klein's harshest critics must allow that, for an angry adolescent, she writes rather well. It takes journalistic skill of a high order to write page after page of engaging blather, so totally devoid of substance. What a pity she has turned her talents as a writer to a cause that can only harm the people she claims to care most about. But perhaps it is just a phase.
I was similarly disappointed. I see big flaws in modern capitalism but found Klein's book incoherent & shallow. @andyskuce @SuzanneWaldman
— mtobis (@mtobis) October 25, 2015
Or what about this?
The most fascinating thing about This Changes Everything is how much factual refutation of Klein’s thesis is contained within the book itself.
And this is how John Humphrys introduced Ms Klein this morning on the Today programme:
One of the most respected voices in [the climate] debate.