isaarusilor's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

5.0

mynameislily's review against another edition

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dark informative medium-paced

4.0

pastapatrick's review against another edition

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5.0

An awesome and in depth history, my first thought was wow, and then…should I know this? A great history of the current Saudi regime and definitely interesting as we enter a new geopolitical negotiation of oil and everything that goes along with it. Good luck to daddy Joe as he heads to the peninsula!

john_devine's review against another edition

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dark informative slow-paced

4.75

ranahabib's review against another edition

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5.0

10/10

Blood & Oil is a great book if you want to learn more about Middle Eastern history & politics. While MBS is the sole focus of the book, all the events surrounding his rise to power are incredibly informative about the Middle Eastern region as a whole (Talks about Qatar, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Yemen, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Syria, Egypt) (Turkey as well, but it's technically not in the middle east)

Blood & Oil is very well executed; the flow of information is seamless, making the book much more enjoyable & easy to read. Given the magnitude of the subject, I was genuinely impressed. There is so much to unpack behind MBS and his rise to power, but the Authors did an amazing job at organizing all the information in the simplest manner. I was also really pleased to see a lack of bias (which was my worry) in the Authors writing. Everything was very straightforward and factual.

There are many key players mentioned & involved throughout the book, so make sure to pay attention while reading (a lot of them tend to have similar names). The Authors do an amazing job at not letting us forget who is who and their title/position. There's even a list at the beginning of all the "characters" and their roles so you can refer back to it when you need to.

Overall great book. I offer no critiques.

graf_von_monte_kitten's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

grzesiek's review against another edition

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dark informative

4.0

samuelorozco's review against another edition

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dark informative medium-paced

4.25

fnazmul's review against another edition

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informative

5.0

siaf's review against another edition

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4.0

OMG THAT WAS SOOO GOOD AND STRAIGHT UP TO THE POINT, It’s crazy that this shit is happening in this century and there’s no enough people talking about those crimes, it’s sad , money and power buy everything at this point, I enjoyed this book so much and definitely I will read more of this writer