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Was sad when it was over

Revisado: 09-20-23

I hope there will be multiple addendums to this before Isaacson and Musk are gone. This is a fabulous read and doesn't take a stance on Musk one way or the other. it gives you all the faults and all the pluses in a beautifully written straightforward way that makes it a quick read.

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Funny, engaging, informative

Revisado: 09-17-23

Loved the book and the narration. It really painted a detailed picture of all the insane, corrupt characters that built this house of cards.

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Informative, quick, witty

Revisado: 11-29-22

Didn't belabor in detail but still gave troves of fun facts about the history of Christmas and its formative personalities. A breezy, fun, seasonal read.

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Many hours of a brief show segment

Revisado: 10-14-22

I thought Bill had borrowed the phrase "New Rules" from his show for the book title. I didn't realize that the book is quite literally hours upon hours of the New Rules segment. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, but I didn't think you could get a whole book out of the New Rules but of his show. It kind of drags after a while, much as I like Maher.

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Short, but full of bizarre little anecdotes

Revisado: 10-10-22

One often reads witch accounts to observe the absurd lengths mass hysteria and conventional wisdom will take people. This book cuts through a lot of the historical context and philosophy behind the witch pursuits and goes straight to the nitty gritty anecdotes with a little context to help you understand why certain townsfolk saw fit to string up and burn kids and old ladies. Quick, fun seasonal read around Halloween.

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Stuck Up Nonsense

Revisado: 09-17-22

Self-indulgent, plodding tripe. I don't even have an axe to grind necessarily, but I couldn't stand this book. I sat through it because there wasn't much else that I could enjoy with my staff who lean this way politically. I kept cranking the reading speed to get to the end. What a bore.

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Puts you in the Trump White House

Revisado: 05-29-22

This is by far the most insightful thing I have read about the Trump White House and I believe it. I felt like I was there. I think Kellyanne's scars are clear and there's a lot of vicious takedowns here, maybe not undeserved, but I definitely feel for this person--you can hear the pain. She was in the trenches and she fought. a. war. I think she was Trump's best general and was ultimately marginalized by her own family. Yes, it sounds like Jared played a role, but I wonder to what extent Trump was not unaware of the friction between his son-in-law and Kellyanne, and if Jared was knowingly the avatar of an unwitting Trump that truly didn't want to marginalize his best general, but felt he had no choice because of the daily drama brought on by Kellyanne's problems at home. Had he intervened personally, he would have risked an essential relationship. Is it possible that Trump wanted some distance from Kellyanne's personal problems, but didn't want to fully compromise the obvious colossal value of her political skill to his campaign? Was Jared the fall guy in this respect? Not to say Jared is not also an egomaniac and inexperienced as Kellyanne says, but just that there's maybe a little more to the story. Regardless, I think Trump was underserved by Jared, all the other whackjobs and grifters, and Trump's ego that led him to them. I think it's clear by the end of the book that Kellyanne was Trump's biggest asset and George Conway may have been Trump's single biggest problem not for any of George's own intrinsic worth or skill, but because he managed to deprive Trump of Kellyanne. I don't think anyone needs more Trump right now, but if he wants any chance of a second crack at the White House, it's not happening without her.

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Highly informative and Even-handed

Revisado: 11-24-20

This book is highly informative and doesn't stray too far into either myth making or attempting to adjudicate historical events retroactively. It follows a framework of focusing in on the key families on the voyage and native to the Plymouth area from the voyage to their deaths with useful details added as needed. These stories are woven together with attention given to the men and the women of pilgrim and native birth for a fuller picture of the Plymouth milieu. I tend to pick up a history of the period around Thanksgiving time each year, and this is the best I've read thus far.

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Learned a lot

Revisado: 04-12-19

Glad to hear that a lot of the legends are true. Sad to hear some aren't (like buried treasure).

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The original is great, sequel not so much

Revisado: 10-17-18

Absolutely great novelization of the original with some interesting insights into the characters internal monologues. The sequel, however, is atrocious. The original cast is sent to hell to open the way for a new cast to retread the last generation's footsteps. The author tacks a political agenda on to an inferior version of the 1993 story. It's tepid fanfiction with a forced diversity angle that never bears fruit for the characters. Poppy is an interesting character that needed more time to cook, but her cohorts are underdeveloped. Skip the sequel, but do read the novelization of the original.

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