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A review by aaravbalsu
Blood and Oil: Mohammed Bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power by Justin Scheck, Bradley Hope
3.0
This is okay as a primer on MBS's recent moves, but it felt more like a stitching together of multiple op-eds than a cohesive narrative of MBS's rise to power. There are times when the narrative jumps forward and backwards in time, and the reveals aren't really punchy enough to justify the cloak-and-dagger air that this book tries to present.
It was still an enjoyable read, and if you want a broad strokes catch-up on Saudi court intrigue in the 2010s, this will be sufficient. If you read the Africa + Middle East section of the newspapers during that time period, you can probably skip this one.
Short read, finished in a day.
It was still an enjoyable read, and if you want a broad strokes catch-up on Saudi court intrigue in the 2010s, this will be sufficient. If you read the Africa + Middle East section of the newspapers during that time period, you can probably skip this one.
Short read, finished in a day.