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wetsmoke's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars.
This will be an important historical document. Maggie Haberman delivers exactly what you would expect of her: an impartial, detailed and biting account of the connection between Trump’s New York years and his time in office. I thought her account in the epilogue of their meetings was particularly interesting.
This will be an important historical document. Maggie Haberman delivers exactly what you would expect of her: an impartial, detailed and biting account of the connection between Trump’s New York years and his time in office. I thought her account in the epilogue of their meetings was particularly interesting.
jerkstore62782's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted ro read this book because Maggie Haberman is a name to be reckoned with in Journalism. I don't know why I expected her book to be a historical analysis of how President Trump contrasts with other presidents, but I did. I'm a devourer of Trump books, I find them fascinating. it's fascinating to watch America reap what it has sown for so many years, and fascinating that a man as hideous and small as Donald Trump can reach that ultimate role of President. I can't stop reading Trump books for the tabloid nature of them.
This book wasn't supposed to be tabloid. This was supposed discuss comprehensively how this creep broke a country. I had hoped Maggie Haberman would discuss that in more detail, but to my understanding she only discussed it in the epilogue. The rest of the book is tabloid. It amounts to what Trump would call "a hit piece." I've heard this sentiment again and again: Trump=bad. Trump=sociopath. YES. I agree. That's already been written. I wanted some new material from Maggie Haberman. I feel let down.
Ultimately, if I'm ranking Trump books based on how they entertain me, this is the best one by far. If I'm ranking Trump books based on how they enlightened me about this monster, this somewhere toward the top, probably 4th or 5th. Mary Trumps: Too much and Never Enough would be first.
What I know: Trump is awful
What I learned from this book: Almost nothing.
This book wasn't supposed to be tabloid. This was supposed discuss comprehensively how this creep broke a country. I had hoped Maggie Haberman would discuss that in more detail, but to my understanding she only discussed it in the epilogue. The rest of the book is tabloid. It amounts to what Trump would call "a hit piece." I've heard this sentiment again and again: Trump=bad. Trump=sociopath. YES. I agree. That's already been written. I wanted some new material from Maggie Haberman. I feel let down.
Ultimately, if I'm ranking Trump books based on how they entertain me, this is the best one by far. If I'm ranking Trump books based on how they enlightened me about this monster, this somewhere toward the top, probably 4th or 5th. Mary Trumps: Too much and Never Enough would be first.
What I know: Trump is awful
What I learned from this book: Almost nothing.
lulo49's review against another edition
Hmmm, how to rate a well researched, well written, well read book (5 stars) about a messed up subject (1 star)? Maggie Haberman's book is chilling in its chronological documentation of an egotistic liar who, along with his many supporters, has changed the tenor of American politics and the mechanics of democracy for the forseeable future. If you're really interested in understanding this enigma of a man, then this book is for you. If, however, you've had enough of the current climate of nastiness, bullying, and conspiracy theories, you may want to skip this one.
pbraue13's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a while to finish this, reading it in spots on and off over the course of the last few months. I struggled because I both despise the person this book is about and didn't want to devote anymore time to the man, but I also just wanted to understand the full extent of the things he had done or not done and get a fuller picture of him as a human (if he even is a human being) and as a politician. I would get swept up in Haberman's expertise journalism and writing and then remember who I was reading about and that it was all true and not a fictional villain origin story. The first half of the book was new ground for me as it centered on the man's life prior to politics and fleshed out many of the things Mary Trump covered in her book whilst the rest was things that I already knew a great deal about (especially since the author covered them extensively herself). In the end, I'm glad I survived reading this and perhaps America can survive him.