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A review by greybeard49
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John Bolton
2.0
I try not to sound pithy in composing book reviews but it is hard not to here.
This is a book written by one unpleasant delusional narcissist about an even more unpleasant, delusional and dangerous narcissist. I gave it 2 stars because it does provide some insight into the machinations that take/took place in the Oval Office and paints a very worrying picture of how its main occupant and the sychophants that surround him seem to function, if that is not a contradiction in terms.
The work is clouded by the high self regard the author holds himself in and the suspicion that as pen touches paper the first point of reference is his own self interest and how he should appear in the scene he is describing. It is written in a 'dear diary' format with each chapter covering a period or topic but rolled out in a 'we went here' 'he said this' format, interspersed with some background notes to aid the reader. It becomes increasingly wearing as you progress. As I read the book I was appalled by the interactions described and by how some critical world defining decisions were arrived at or staggered into.
THE BOOK LEFT ME FEELING FEARFUL AND HOPING FOR A SEA CHANGE IN NOVEMBER!
This is a book written by one unpleasant delusional narcissist about an even more unpleasant, delusional and dangerous narcissist. I gave it 2 stars because it does provide some insight into the machinations that take/took place in the Oval Office and paints a very worrying picture of how its main occupant and the sychophants that surround him seem to function, if that is not a contradiction in terms.
The work is clouded by the high self regard the author holds himself in and the suspicion that as pen touches paper the first point of reference is his own self interest and how he should appear in the scene he is describing. It is written in a 'dear diary' format with each chapter covering a period or topic but rolled out in a 'we went here' 'he said this' format, interspersed with some background notes to aid the reader. It becomes increasingly wearing as you progress. As I read the book I was appalled by the interactions described and by how some critical world defining decisions were arrived at or staggered into.
THE BOOK LEFT ME FEELING FEARFUL AND HOPING FOR A SEA CHANGE IN NOVEMBER!