A review by chaoticreadingclub
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein

slow-paced

3.0

I learned a lot from this book overall, but Perlstein’s writing style is not for me. He couldn’t decide what kind of organization he wanted for his own book; one moment the narrative voice would read like a sentimental novel, and then next he would add names to the book without context, wasting no time to info dump without remorse. He clearly has a lot of useful information, but he really needed a better editor.