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A review by erkoning
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I found the memoir to be interesting and informative, as it explained what led up to his decision to be a whistleblower. He spends significant time reflecting on his childhood and young adulthood, which were clearly very formative for his politics and view of the government and military.
While he does explain his experience of finding the documents that he later shared with journalists, this is not a technical book. It is instead focused on the emotional experience of it all. That is not a good or bad thing, just something to be aware of if interested in the subject.
The whole process, from first seeing the documents to residing in Russia, was clearly an immensely difficult emotional experience, as one would expect, and this memoir explains how the entire process worked, from his perspective.
While he does explain his experience of finding the documents that he later shared with journalists, this is not a technical book. It is instead focused on the emotional experience of it all. That is not a good or bad thing, just something to be aware of if interested in the subject.
The whole process, from first seeing the documents to residing in Russia, was clearly an immensely difficult emotional experience, as one would expect, and this memoir explains how the entire process worked, from his perspective.