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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
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Part of the book gave me what I wanted, the rest however was a giant disappointment and a paranoid waste of time.
While the perceived horrors of this tale go almost saying, I was disappointed in the overall delivery.
This book was pitched as the unlikely RISE of Vladimir Putin. What we ended up with was a series of essays and journalistic reports chronicling a period of time featuring myriad suspenseful coincidences which may or may not be directly linked to the rise of the Russian president.
I don't mean to undervalue the despair of the Russian people. I don't want to take away from the very real brutality of the regime. And I don't deny the rampant corruption in Putin's Russia. However, this is not the book I asked for, and was promised, by title and description.
While the perceived horrors of this tale go almost saying, I was disappointed in the overall delivery.
This book was pitched as the unlikely RISE of Vladimir Putin. What we ended up with was a series of essays and journalistic reports chronicling a period of time featuring myriad suspenseful coincidences which may or may not be directly linked to the rise of the Russian president.
I don't mean to undervalue the despair of the Russian people. I don't want to take away from the very real brutality of the regime. And I don't deny the rampant corruption in Putin's Russia. However, this is not the book I asked for, and was promised, by title and description.
Avslørende biografi om hvordan KGB/FSB plasserte Putin på topp i Russland. Bikker til tide over i det konpiratoriske når forfatteren spekulerer i hvorvidt sikkerhetstjenestene som Putin ledet stjal miliardbeløp fra offentlige lån eller om Tsjetjensk terror var iscenesatt av FSB for å øke oppslutningen om Putin.
This audiobook narrator could make anything sound vaguely sinister. Nice work matching voice to content.
While the subject matter was very interesting, I wish there had been a little more focus on Putin. I found myself getting lost some chapters. Of course, that is most likely due to the fact that I have almost no background in modern Russian politics. Also, I am not personally a fan of more conversational or journalistic style writing.
I've noticed that I give "unhappy" books lower ratings than books that make me feel happy so I'm trying not to do that with this book. This is a very well researched and written book that is a critical read at this point in history for the world and the United States. Given the demise of Russia and the slaughter of innocent people at the hands of Putin, Trump is either a totally ignorant person or a very evil one to admire Putin. I'm not sure which is worse.
Putin is terrifying and I'm not sure we, in the West, truly grasp his need to take what isn't his, or Russia's. Ukraine?