Elizabeth R. (esjro) - , reviewed on 10/14/2024 + 948 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book has a lot of great content. It is well-researched and has many citations, and goes into detail about Trump-related topics that should have been explored before the election and during the Trump presidency (e.g. his connection to Jeffery Epstein, the security risk posed by Jarrod and Ivanka) that were instead minimized by the press in favor of scandal and flashy headlines about weird Trump utterances.

My issue was the writing style. In what was likely an attempt to make the book more readable the author inserts anecdotes about her life and family and how events affected her personally. She also likes to quote herself, and some of the quotes are lengthy and take up almost an entire page. Yes, you saw this coming and no one heeded your warnings. Yes, being an anti-Trump journalist is dangerous. And yes, our national parks are beautiful. But I didn't pick up this book to read about those things.

Despite my quibbles, this is still an important read, especially during an election year when Trump's bromance with Putin seems to be continuing.

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