A review by adkwriter15
Insurgency: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted by Jeremy Peters

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This was a fascinating experience. I was looking for something that would take the long view (kind of a la Rick Perlstein's books, but, of course, nothing will ever be those) of the modern era of the Republican party. This book starts with Sarah Palin's rise alongside the Tea Party. Peters also did hundreds of interviews for this book, including with Donald Trump. A unique part of the audiobook is that, when applicable, the audiobook uses the actual audio of Trump talking instead of just reading a quote. I've never seen a book do that and it was pretty surprising the first time it happened. The writing style was compulsively readable/listenable with a tight story and a good ability to include a large number of key players without me wishing that I had an appendix of them all. The arc of this story is evolving, but Peters did a good job succinctly tying it all together as he and the Republicans he interviewed saw it.