A review by davidsteinsaltz
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Lauren Oyler, Alyssa Mastromonaco

5.0

This is the most refreshing political/personal memoir I have read, perhaps ever. The honesty and ordinariness is breathtaking, and she makes it sound so perfectly normal. I had to keep reminding myself that the organisational tasks that she reduced to just having a well-ordered set of binders were among the most complex and unforgiving in the world.

The audiobook, which Mastromonaco reads herself, benefits enormously from her forceful and unabashed speaking style.