Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson

3.67 AVERAGE

statman95's review against another edition

4.5
informative reflective sad medium-paced
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j_r_'s review against another edition

4.0
Infuriating and more than a little painful to read, but an important book nonetheless. Even if you had strong feelings about this ignoble saga, the full picture turns out to be worse than you thought. Some folks may be (understandably) reluctant to revisit something so painful, but Tapper and Thompson have done everyone a service by putting the whole sad affair on display. Ultimately, Original Sin isn't just a story about a particular candidate and his enablers, but a cautionary tale about how collective delusion can affect even well-meaning types.

dureader's review against another edition

2.25
medium-paced

wengelman's review

3.5
informative reflective medium-paced
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karinareads13's review against another edition

4.0
informative medium-paced

julesglow's review

4.0
challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

khyre1002's review against another edition

3.0
If you were paying attention at the time, you are unlikely to learn much new. At times it seems like a reach to conclude that how someone walks should determine if they should be president. Bidens support for a genocide and his inability to get anything done should have been enough to push Biden out. I do think Biden was to old to run but I thought that in 2020. I would have preferred a half dead Biden to Trump but we have to stop presidents from being able to hide their health from the public. 
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mj470's review against another edition

I don't think I can rate this book. The story needs to be told, but the Audacity of Jake Tapper to write this after lambasting anyone who questioned Biden's cognitive ability is beyond the pale. 

There is no accountability for the media and the result is nothing notably new that we didn't all see with our own eyes. Everyone in Washington sucks and we didn't need this cowardly book to prove that. 

hannahphoenix's review against another edition

3.5
informative reflective sad medium-paced
I listened to the audiobook read by Jake Tapper. I felt he was trying to make every little thing sound sensational rather than just letting the story speak for itself (as it were). That and how repetitive it got were a bit annoying, but otherwise it was a really interesting and informative look into Biden and everything that went wrong with the election. It was equally sad and infuriating and I'm glad to have read it.
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spencerdance's review against another edition

5.0
dark informative reflective fast-paced