Although I have this edition sitting in front of me, I read The Origins of Totalitarianism in three separate volumes - these have been reviewed separately, so this is basically just for my own records. (It's a dense and enormous book, and it was easier both physically and mentally to split it into three reads.)

This rating is an average, basically. Antisemitism, the first volume, was theory-heavy and a bit of a slog. I gave it three stars, because although I enjoyed it and found it valuable it was honestly clear as mud sometimes, improving somewhat when Arendt moved to concrete examples. Imperialism was a dramatic improvement at four stars, with a really interesting exploration of colonialism and an extensive case study on South Africa which matched up theory and history in a much more successful way than the first volume. Totalitarianism, however, was excellent. A five star book, and one which should be compulsory reading I think. In some ways, the first two volumes were sort of background information for this last volume, which could stand on its own and which is a ruthlessly clear look at the manipulations and violence and fictions of totalitarian regimes. Thoroughly recommended.