cheezh8er 's review for:

The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John Bolton

2.0

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This one is a tougher dry read. I found the organization of the book contributed to this (not committing to grouping all connected major topic arcs together but also not going chronologically). Due to the restrictions from the government as explained in the epilogue, the actual juicy tid bits that would drive many to buy the book are vague while some of the superfluous minutia like what airport the plane refueled at is recalled with the detail of a day planner. This may be because I do not agree with many of Bolton's policies, but the writing style and content seemed self aggrandizing at most points with an overeager editor putting in more "liberal friendly" phrases like "bromance", "selfie", and lyrics from Hamilton to hopefully keep them engaged. Like many White House tell all's, I wonder what people reading this book decades from now will think.