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A review by davidsenpie
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
To examine Trump not only from a psychological pov, but from the POV of a close family member while getting the deep Trump family lore feels voyeuristic but very important. Mary L’s knack for dramatizing these stories while weaving in psychological motifs and patterns is great, she’s an awesome story teller.
In this particular case, I feel a mix of anger, pity, sadness, and vindication for my views old and new on Trump and the environment which brought him about. Not only is the trajectory of 20th century US responsible for him, but it’s in part built by men like his father, who then much more literally created Donald. Almost like an animal, to see how he perceived his own rearing and adapted to it only serves to underscore the consistency with which he’s behaved his entire life, and at his current age we almost see an abstraction of it - like a baby just doing what they literally perceive as needed to survive like fake crying.
Beyond that, equally as allegorical, I see so much tragedy in the way Mary L and her father were expected to behave and how their bad treatment by their family was in large part motivated by the cruel and domineering patriarch of Fred Sr makes me sad and angry. They deserve justice, as do the working class and women in general of our country.
I learned that she’s got another book released recently, will def check it out as well. Glad to hear as my biggest complaint is honestly that it isn’t longer for such good material and inter-generational scope.
In this particular case, I feel a mix of anger, pity, sadness, and vindication for my views old and new on Trump and the environment which brought him about. Not only is the trajectory of 20th century US responsible for him, but it’s in part built by men like his father, who then much more literally created Donald. Almost like an animal, to see how he perceived his own rearing and adapted to it only serves to underscore the consistency with which he’s behaved his entire life, and at his current age we almost see an abstraction of it - like a baby just doing what they literally perceive as needed to survive like fake crying.
Beyond that, equally as allegorical, I see so much tragedy in the way Mary L and her father were expected to behave and how their bad treatment by their family was in large part motivated by the cruel and domineering patriarch of Fred Sr makes me sad and angry. They deserve justice, as do the working class and women in general of our country.
I learned that she’s got another book released recently, will def check it out as well. Glad to hear as my biggest complaint is honestly that it isn’t longer for such good material and inter-generational scope.