613 reviews for:

Original Sin

Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson

3.67 AVERAGE

teamrobward's review against another edition

4.5

informative medium-paced

kclaunch's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

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Repetitive. Just story after story about how media and staff hid Biden's decline. 

ponyonmyboat15's review against another edition

3.0

sad fast-paced

pccook's review against another edition

2.5

dark informative sad slow-paced

gabriellasgoodreads's review

4.25

dark informative medium-paced

bluebleeder2001's review against another edition

4.0

informative sad medium-paced

khester1983's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

ak3's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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In Original Sin, Jake Tapper (with Alex Thompson) delivers a sharp, inside-the-room chronicle that vividly portrays a President Biden in evident cognitive decline—using over 200 interviews to reveal how his inner circle quietly shielded him, scripting appearances, and even debating whether to use a wheelchair in a second term. I already knew Biden was slipping before this book came out, but reading it felt like watching a dry-witted political novel—except it’s real life, which makes it all the more unsettling. At times, it reads with the tone of fiction: absurd, darkly funny, and surreal. As Trump himself once put it, “I’m not sure what he said and I’m not sure that he knows what he said”—a line that might as well have been a chapter title. You laugh, then realize, like that TikTok meme: “but no no… it’s actually not funny at the end of the day, is it?”

lottie1803's review against another edition

3.75

informative reflective sad medium-paced

kalisgr3's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced