matthew berghuis

Biased, but somewhat informative.

Revisado: 09-12-23

This is a strongly biased book. The author clearly does not like President Biden. The bias is so overwhelming that the reader is left wondering and reexamining statements made in the book. With that said, this book does shed significant light upon America's final days in Afghanistan. The reader just has to suffer through a lot of the author's opinions.

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More opinions than anything else, very subjective.

Revisado: 09-04-23

Options, factual inaccuracies and dubious conclusions make this a difficult book to get through. The author portrays personal conclusions as absolute fact to the reader in a manner that comes across like a college lecture.
While it is an interesting premise, Diamond does not end up making a compelling argument.

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Dumpster fire of a mystery novel

Revisado: 05-06-23

The story starts out strong with a lot of potential, but ultimately leaves the reader disappointed. There are random characters that contribute little to the story, The ending is abrupt and poorly planned. The mystery could have been stellar, but crashes and burns instead. The narrator was decent, but did not portray Archie's voice well. The year is supposed to be 1978 yet the author makes no attempt to be era appropriate, instead it sounds like it is taking place in 2021. The author is weak when it comes to describing rooms and surroundings and characters are hastily introduced.
Overall it comes across like it was written by a high school student in AP English.

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An excellent book about a lesser known event.

Revisado: 02-09-22

This book does a good job of narrating and explaining what happened in Haiti after the earthquake. The story is slightly marred by the author's overly judgemental tone. At times it sounds like like something I'd hear at an Emo show.

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A great book explaining American imperialism

Revisado: 02-01-22

This book explains the term "American Imperialism". It was a term that I had not understood and this book fills in many of the blank spaces of early 20th century American history.
That being said, the author's personal opinions overshadow much of the historic context that his research has revealed. I was interested in Butler's actions and how they are still being felt today, I don't care about Katz's moral judgement.

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Extremely informative, but gushy towards Biden.

Revisado: 09-28-21

This is a hard read/listen at times and very very gushy towards Joe Biden, which diminishes from the facts that are being reported. However, this book will be of indefinite value to future generations in understanding the events that took place on and around January 6th, 2021.
That was a pivotal event in American politics and American life and this book documents some of the inner working explaining WHAT exactly happened, which future generations will undoubtedly find useful.
This book actually improved my opinion of Trump slightly because I had previously seen him as a Sulla type figure instead of...
Either way, it is a good but not perfect book.

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A rose colored history of the CIA

Revisado: 09-15-21

The author is an apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency blaming presidents and the FBI for the Agency's less admirable deeds. Anything that portrays the CIA in a poor light is skimmed over.
While a good book, this is clearly a narrative and should be read as such. The writer clearly believes that the CIA does no wrong.

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An excellent book about the Marquette de Lafayette

Revisado: 09-11-21

Lafayette is a little understood character in American history and Duncan details his life and accomplishments in exquisite detail.

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A book everyone should read/listen to!

Revisado: 09-01-21

This is an incredible book about how people interact with money. No matter ones wealth, age or career, everyone should hear this book's message. Dispute being more than twenty years old it' message is still extremely valuable.

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"the soldiers of the US Maine"

Revisado: 07-24-21

There are notable and annoying typos, such as "the soldiers of the US Maine" instead of "the sailors of the USS Maine" being among the most glaring examples. The poor editing left me wondering if the authors research was just as bad.

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