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jmdaly95's review against another edition
3.0
Book Number One in 2018
So let's get this out of the way at the start, this book is political trash reading. And it's great.
During the first year of the Clinton Administration, they let Bob Woodward hang around the West Wing for nine months and the result was The Agenda. Fire and Fury is exactly the same book but written by an author who basically turns it into a 350-page version of Page Six of the NY Post.
Everyone who talked to Michel Wolff was out to either trash Trump and Bannon and defend themselves.
It's clear from reading it the main source of the book is Bannon and he's epic in self-destruction through the narrative.
Like last years Devil's Bargain by Joshua Green this is not a historical book but one that's out to settle grievances and self-protection.
It's an interesting glimpse of a West Wing that is clearly dysfunctional, you don't learn anything new if you've been watching the news over the past year. What it does demonstrate is that this Lord of the Flies environment will lead to an administration that will be in for a single term and not see any forward motion in any new policy or initiative.
So let's get this out of the way at the start, this book is political trash reading. And it's great.
During the first year of the Clinton Administration, they let Bob Woodward hang around the West Wing for nine months and the result was The Agenda. Fire and Fury is exactly the same book but written by an author who basically turns it into a 350-page version of Page Six of the NY Post.
Everyone who talked to Michel Wolff was out to either trash Trump and Bannon and defend themselves.
It's clear from reading it the main source of the book is Bannon and he's epic in self-destruction through the narrative.
Like last years Devil's Bargain by Joshua Green this is not a historical book but one that's out to settle grievances and self-protection.
It's an interesting glimpse of a West Wing that is clearly dysfunctional, you don't learn anything new if you've been watching the news over the past year. What it does demonstrate is that this Lord of the Flies environment will lead to an administration that will be in for a single term and not see any forward motion in any new policy or initiative.
kdat's review against another edition
3.0
There is nothing extraordinary about the book...it’s a gossipy mess. I highly recommend the audio - the only way to be entertained by it.
It tells us nothing we didn’t already know about 45 and this entire cabinet...they’re a ridiculous mess and they’re gonna kill us all.
It tells us nothing we didn’t already know about 45 and this entire cabinet...they’re a ridiculous mess and they’re gonna kill us all.
drj's review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
1.0
What a douche this author is. Wrote all this stuff but chose not to tell anyone until they could make a buck.
rustyshackleford2256's review against another edition
Janky writing style... Plenty of typos and repeated words.
grouchomarxist's review against another edition
3.0
A strong 3.5
Not really sure how to rate this. The low rating is not about the politics - Trump and his supporters are repulsive monsters, beneath contempt, who should be jailed - but rather the rushed quality of the manuscript. It's repetitive and does not offer much that wasn't in the excerpt. Yet this is still a hugely influential book that I'd consider essential reading. If any of us live long enough to look back on this travesty as history, this will be an important document. Yet rushing it to press diminished the prose.
Not really sure how to rate this. The low rating is not about the politics - Trump and his supporters are repulsive monsters, beneath contempt, who should be jailed - but rather the rushed quality of the manuscript. It's repetitive and does not offer much that wasn't in the excerpt. Yet this is still a hugely influential book that I'd consider essential reading. If any of us live long enough to look back on this travesty as history, this will be an important document. Yet rushing it to press diminished the prose.
jrblaker's review against another edition
5.0
Rings true
I don’t know how much of the information in here will be corroborated, but the reaction of Trump and his surrogates indicates that it hits very close to home. Especially from Trump himself, a person who famously doesn’t read.
I don’t know how much of the information in here will be corroborated, but the reaction of Trump and his surrogates indicates that it hits very close to home. Especially from Trump himself, a person who famously doesn’t read.
rhondah13's review against another edition
3.0
You elect a clown, expect a circus. How we continue to let this buffoon hold the highest office I'll never understand.
littlelifewrecker's review against another edition
3.0
A lot of wtf moments followed by, yeah that doesn’t surprise me. 😬