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A review by clarbineds
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John Bolton
4.0
This book was a slog for me. It was almost completely about foreign policy, which I should have realized. I did learn a lot. This book did show how difficult it is working with Trump and how his lack of backbone and decision-making skills impact the working of the White House. If you're looking for Trump dirt you probably want to read the niece's book.
I had 2 major difficulties reading this, but they may not be problems for other readers. One is that Bolton likes to put as much info as possible into a sentence which caused me to reread quite often. The other is that the book is set up in chapters about area of conflict, ie. China, Afghanistan, and I became confused about the timeline and overlapping dates of previous chapters. Does that make sense?
I had 2 major difficulties reading this, but they may not be problems for other readers. One is that Bolton likes to put as much info as possible into a sentence which caused me to reread quite often. The other is that the book is set up in chapters about area of conflict, ie. China, Afghanistan, and I became confused about the timeline and overlapping dates of previous chapters. Does that make sense?