juliana_aldous's review against another edition
4.0
This book continues with the second year of the Trump administration. It seems 85% of this book was interviews with Bannon who still believes he is kicking off a movement. Why anyone would listen to that ding dong is still a mystery for me. What I like about the book is it is a good primer on how Captain Chaos continues to drive our country down into a hole. So many controversies that I keep thinking, “Wow. I almost forgot about that one.”
rick2's review
3.0
This one has a bit more substance than Fire and Fury, but still essentially just voyeuristic gossip about our terribly flawed president.
bkish's review
5.0
I congratulate myself for having fully read and finished this investigative reporting book by Michael Wolff. It takes courage these days to reveal the truths about Trump. It is a dangerous risk
This book is very very well researched and written.
Unfortunately also those who should read this wont read it. There is famous line in some old movie - you cant handle the truth...
He has covered about 4 years before the election and up to the present time of this moronic presidency and administration.
There were times I closed the book and was in some state of shock. How can this b happening? There were moments of great clarity. Like when I saw Trump as a conduit for people to get their share of power and money.
It did bother me that his main source was a despicable evil man - Steve Bannon.
.. to b continued...
Judy
This book is very very well researched and written.
Unfortunately also those who should read this wont read it. There is famous line in some old movie - you cant handle the truth...
He has covered about 4 years before the election and up to the present time of this moronic presidency and administration.
There were times I closed the book and was in some state of shock. How can this b happening? There were moments of great clarity. Like when I saw Trump as a conduit for people to get their share of power and money.
It did bother me that his main source was a despicable evil man - Steve Bannon.
.. to b continued...
Judy
decco's review
4.0
As in Wolff’s previous book and similar ones about the Trump administration, this has a mind-boggling overview of rampant corruption, incompetence and malfeasance, to an almost numbing degree. On almost every page there’s one example of behaviour that would end any other presidency. For that reason, it’s fascinating and compulsive, but also deeply worrying and depressing.
disasterchick's review
2.0
Picking up where Fire and Fury left off we get another look into the Trump Administration, and even more into the lives of Don Jr and Jared Kushner. More insight into the relationship with Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and Kellyanne Conway. Overall the attitude is this is what America wanted which is making me think the movie Idiocracy is becoming a non-fiction documentary.
idrees2022's review
4.0
I’m surprised this book didn’t get as much attention as Fire and Fury. It is a better book with richer analysis and better gossip. For a political book, it couldn’t get any more entertaining than this. But Wolff, like Tom Wolfe, is an acute observer of character who offers uncanny insights into the motivations of key political figures.