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nnw's review
4.25
i do really enjoy his political writing, when the scope is more focused he has less room to be the most annoying man who has ever lived. i think it also helps that i have more context for what he’s talking abt when he’s more grounded in politics, which makes his insights more poignant
the_fat_k_'s review against another edition
3.5
Strange. Very funny in parts. Maybe I should read some of his earlier work.
dtab62's review
5.0
Perhaps not as good as his seminal book on politics, Fear & Loathing: On the Campaign Trail 1972, but still a worthwhile look at a modern presidential election. It's interesting that although he supported Clinton it was mostly because of his disdain for Bush Sr. And his observations about Hillary are quite astute and ahead of their time.
horfhorfhorf's review
1.0
Hunter was an amazing writer, but this is far from my favorite collection of his politically-charged/inspired work.
jdcorley's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
2.0
By the time of these essays, Thompson had completely lost the capacity to penetrate the veneer over American greed and hatred. Arguably it was Reagan (and Reagan's catastrophic popularity) that made Thompson obsolete. "Sure we're racist blood-soaked ghouls," Reagan challenges Thompson. "So what?" For all the macho puffery, Thompson, at his best, like many authors emerging from The Sixties, is offended and wounded at the crushing of American virtue on the altar of money, racism and war. But by the nineties everyone had agreed that this was just who we were now, and Thompson can't rouse the same passions that he once did. Nor, in these, does he even really try. Lacking in either insight or journalistic observation, these essays are the last glimmers of Thompson's dying, and ultimately failed, work.
corylevialexander's review
4.0
Better the second time around. Fun. Has played a part in reviving and revamping a journalistic fascination in politics, even if I find the whole concept of politics to be counter-intelligent and inherently corrupt. It still is there. Like a football game when you don't prefer either of the teams. A non-preferential outsider view of the action is at most fun and at least something to do.