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A review by jeremybearimy303
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John R. Bolton
2.0
John Bolton comes of as a self-important, pompous ideologue, which makes this book hard to read. Bolton comes off as a petty, sexist warmonger. And it reflects poorly on him that he joined the administration and stayed quiet as long as he did, to be sure. It's good he is bringing information about Trump forward and finally speaking out, but he will be forever stained by his strange and shameful conduct during the impeachment. And that he knew all this and felt the way he did makes his conduct in stonewalling the House even more questionable.
As a reading exercise, the self-importance and pomposity makes the book punishingly hard to read. I'd be hard pressed to think of a person who comes off worse in their own memoir. The level of detail is daunting at points, which makes it more credible, and it still could have used a more engaged editor. I know the point was to get the word out, but a slightly more readable and approachable book might have offered a wider audience.
As a reading exercise, the self-importance and pomposity makes the book punishingly hard to read. I'd be hard pressed to think of a person who comes off worse in their own memoir. The level of detail is daunting at points, which makes it more credible, and it still could have used a more engaged editor. I know the point was to get the word out, but a slightly more readable and approachable book might have offered a wider audience.