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Feb 20, 2024wylli rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I really tried but can't read this. According to Bolton, nobody knows anything except himself.
Feb 10, 2024JackLarkin rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Garbage. This author wants nothing more than to go to war with every country in the world. This is why he was booted out of the White House.
Feb 09, 2024dougljohnsonsbcglobalnet rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Take away the sarcasm, ego, arrogance, and snide partisan's comments, and this could have been an interesting book... too bad.
Dec 29, 2021souffl3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Insightful, detailed, relatively objective, fact-based descriptions of different meetings and decision-making approaches employed by Trump that are clearly detrimental to this country. I'm a conservative, and prefer him over Brandon, but…
Sep 01, 2021buttermaker rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
More B.S. !!!!! Very Disappointed !!!!
Feb 21, 2021BooksXooksZooks rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I thought I would learn Bolton's reasoning behind decisions and actions, understand better what options were on the table, what principles of world relationships, cooperation, problem solving were involved ... but found a writer caught up…
Dec 08, 2020bluebugler rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I read about 50 pages and thought that was enough as I didn't expect the book to improve. It's a shallow, rambling account of events wherein the author strokes his own ego but no one else's.
Dec 05, 2020
I'm not a right wing Republican but I enjoyed John Bolton's book. It is tedious and boring because it's a behind the scenes peak at the inner workings of the Trump Adminsitration. Bolton is a Washington insider with lots of experience. …
Nov 25, 2020RR_6 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
The Room Where It happened was an interesting book to say the least. It delved deep into all the errors and problems within the Trump Administration and Bolton even talks about how hard it was for him to be Trump’s National Security…
Nov 16, 2020njasujalibrary rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton is the book in which John Bolton tells his story about his tenure as the national security advisor. In each chapter, he covers a different story on topics such as Russia, China, North Korea, and…
Nov 13, 2020Eiselic rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Decent book, first hand account of working with Trump from a conservative from the Bush41 era. Bolton's account comes off as genuine and accurate, and in this account Trump comes off as a dip sh*t. I dislike Bolton less than I did before,…
Nov 02, 2020Andyleach1937 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Too much Bolton, and not enough new reveal about life in the Trump administration. He should have testified not withheld this information
Oct 29, 2020kirby2015 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I really tried to read this book straight through but it is just not possible! So, I then tried reading it in chunks, but didn't too do well then either. He just starts in the middle of stories and if you know nothing of the area or…
Oct 23, 2020franzkafka rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Bolton is almost as pompous and bellicose as Trump himself. Couldn't get past 50 pages it was so boring. Bolton tries to reference some classical and other well known material to make himself look a lot more intelligent than he really is.…
Oct 21, 2020dollface_1 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Oh my God. I made several attempts at reading this book, but it was like eating cardboard. A waste of 20 bucks. Although I'm sure that he had a point or two to make, it got lost in his wordings and self admiration. This is a half star…
Oct 13, 2020Leah_R rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Maybe worth reading just to understand Bolton's very conservative world view, but the book is not an easy read. Fog index rates the grade level of a book based on length of sentences and complexity of words. I did not do the math but…
Sep 19, 2020
Publishers Weekly couldn't have said it better. A very boring book full of self praise and criticisms of just about everybody else.
Sep 16, 2020john99999 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
John Bolton, who is a hard core conservative republican, who was Donald Trump's National Security Adviser. Who has quite the ego also. Described in detail, the scary events involving Donald Trump's decision making, as with the other…
Sep 15, 2020
I too gave up after 100 pages and then just scanned it. Bolton forgets who was actually elected President. He must have a HUGE ego - he is telling how he told the President what not to do throughout the book. Give your advice and…
Sep 14, 2020mike100274 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
You only need to read the first chapter of this book. Every chapter has the same pattern - 1) Trump is disorganized, 2) I gave him the right advice and he didn't heed it, 3) everything Obama did is wrong. After reading about 200 pages in…
Sep 11, 2020KAREN S HARRIS rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Totally agree on BORING. Not worth the half hr of my time before giving up entirely.
Sep 01, 2020raguentnerjr rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Couldn't finish chapter 1. It's a boring pile of crap!
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Aug 13, 2020Asgard1 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Like everyone else I slogged through this book determined to finish it. It was the most difficult book I’ve ever read in my long life. And I’ve read everything from The Wind in the Willows to Decline of the Roman Empire. All the way…
Aug 06, 2020jwp50 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Like other readers, I too tried to get through this book. I just couldn't. The first sign that it wasn't an honest retelling of what happened came in the first few chapters where Bolton said the president was vindicated. Say what? From…
Jul 31, 2020Traynham rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Dreadful book! just awful. Turned it back in w/o reading much. If he had not made such a flap about not testifying, nobody would be interested for good reason.