Not as in-depth as I would have preferred. Simplistic, basic historical account.

I've enjoyed several of this author's books, including this one. Incredible how long Escobar was able to evade law enforcement. Columbia as a nation-state is completely hopeless.

Interesting, informative book on the 2008 financial collapse. Not so dense or technical such that a layman (like me) can't understand it.

Literally one of the worst books I've read. It's just an encyclopedic timeline of US history from 1974 on. No insight, no theory or narrative. Just a recitation of facts. Written by 2 Princeton professors, it comes off like a text book. Absolute garbage.

I really enjoy Mankell. All of his novels are outstanding. The hero is so human, flawed, unsure of himself.

Very interesting period in American history. Good read.

Thought provoking, as always. Regardless of political persuasion, Buckley's intellect is to be admired.

Enjoyed this. We'll written, with a lot of information condensed into a narrative surrounding this one critical month in American history

Excellent book, written in great detail but in a way the layman can comprehend

The 2008 financial crisis is an interesting topic to me. I really wanted to understand this book, but honestly it was over my head. I think you have to work in the derivatives industry to really get it.

As I've said here, if I don't like a critically acclaimed classic, then that's probably my own shortcoming. Far as I can discern, there's no traditional narrative here. It's a rambling stream of consciousness autobiographical story of a writer's experiences cavorting with his friends in France. It's extremely profane in a way that I'm sure was groundbreaking in the 1930's, but when read in 2021 it comes off to me as juvenile in It's vulgarity.

Usual quality crime mystery from one of the all-time greats. Personally as a lawyer I do not at all care for shows, movies or books about the law...I barely tolerate it in real life. So this story basically tracks a trial of a wrongly accused person. Not for me

Mixed on this. Well written, interesting. But if you regularly followed the coverage of this war over the last 20 yrs, not really any bombshell revelations here. In preface author self-servingly builds it up as the Pentagon Papers-style expose that the public was clamoring for. Not really.

Appeals to niche audience, but interesting easy brief read about a Green Bay Packer from their dead years in the 1970's.

Haven't read enough King to say how this ranks in comparison to others in his bibliography, but it was suspenseful.

What you'd expect. Fly on the wall narrative of a dysfunctional administration. But still intriguing & unintentionally (ostensibly) comedic.

Really good. Followed the lives of some interesting historical figures you don't often read about. George Bancroft, William Simms, Frederick Douglass. Spoiler alert: Woodrow Wilson is an all-time scumbag

I'm loathe to truly critique any book because #1 I'm not a trained critic & #2 I couldn't write 3 sentences that would interest anybody. With that caveat, read this book after seeing review somewhere that is was a good local (for me, Wash DC) novel. I don't know...no suspense, no plot turns, 1 semi-interesting character, ending completely open & not in a good way (like Sopranos).

I enjoy Dickens generally speaking. Found this novel hard to get engrossed in. Of course the prose & vocabulary are difficult to slog through. The meandering disjointed stories are hard to follow as well.

I find virtually all of Gladwell's books interesting & enjoyable. He delves so thoroughly into a subject that on its surface you think you understand, but he gives you context & a different perspective. And his prose is so straightforward & comprehensible. He doesn't fall in love with his own intellect.

Good material on a little discussed era of baseball from late 70's to early 80's. The too lengthy digressions into labor conflicts & a semi-pro league in Vermont were uninteresting.

Nothing beyond what can be read in daily news stories if you've followed the growth of Facebook. Chapters on the initial development much more interesting than on the more recent debate regarding monitoring & fact checking content.

Not really a narrative, not in depth. More of a quick reference book. Trivia

Just too esoteric. Very long arduous read with little gain. Not a book written for people outside the field of philosophy.

I really like Hemingway, but this book (for me at least) gets less interesting in the 2nd half, particularly the trout fishing short story.

Interesting & informative. Bowden always good.

I'm a fan of DePaul basketball...or at least I was back in the day...so this was of niche interest to me. Nothing profound as far as sports books go.

Masterpiece. Left me utterly depressed reflecting on my youth, everything I never did, a place I can't get back to. Any book that causes one to emote so intensely, even if sadness, has to be a masterpiece.

I learned nothing new about the frustrations over, & dangers of, woke-ism, cancel culture, etc.... Shapiro is very intellectual, but this could have been an op-ed or magazine article...not a 200+ page book

See my blurb on The Five Comedies of Aristophanes. Very interesting how Virgil took this character from the Iliad & wove him into a tale about the beginnings of Rome. I have no idea if it's partially non-fiction or not.

Very dense. I took it on because I found it amongst my late father's collection, & my love for him was so intense & reverential that I just had to read it. But honestly, I had a very difficult time slogging through it. Again, as with other comments I've made, if I can't understand & enjoy a classic, there's something wrong with me, not the work.

The political usurpation of judicial appointments is not surprisingly in our current political client. Decent read, nothing profound, particularly if you already follow this subject in the daily news.

The pursuit of this serial killer in CA is interesting. How he escaped detection for so long over the course of so many crimes. But equally as interesting is how McNamara with no background in law enforcement became so engrossed in this pursuit, to the point that it destroyed her. It's an unforgettable story even if you're not heavily into the true crime genre, which I'm not.

Fairly comprehensive & detailed history of immigration to NYC.

Anything historical or cultural about NYC in the 1960's & 70's is interesting to me. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

More of a fundamental & philosophical analysis of conservatism than a political work. It was good. I find Sullivan to be brilliant. It just wasn't quite what I was looking for.

The type of prose that I had to slowly read & reread to understand what the hell the plot was. Could read multiple chapters & not be able to describe at all what I had just read. I respect that it's a highly regarded classic...that's why I read it...but damn...

Captivating. In my personal HOF.

I love Hawthorne because of the New England imagery it conjures in my mind. Although this work is not one of my favorites of his.

I love Hawthorne because of the New England imagery it conjures in my mind.

I love Hawthorne because of the New England imagery it conjures in my mind.

I love Hawthorne because of the New England imagery it conjures in my mind.

Appeals to niche audience of Vietnam War buffs. If you're one, & I am, this is virtually required reading. Sheehan is without equal in this genre.

Beautiful in its simplicity. Kept me in suspense every bit as much as a modern thriller.

Covers a lot of broad topics Civil War related. Was not a war chronology, battle by battle descriptions, etc...which frankly made it more interesting than other more strategy heavy books.

I'm super proud of my Serbian heritage, & this is a fascinating account of Serbs' efforts to rescue & conceal downed US airman in WWII.

Outstanding. In my opinion, best book I've read on Afghanistan & our involvement pre & post 9-11. Written in 2004, so I know much has changed, but it was comprehensive in its time.

Fun read directed at niche audience obviously. I work in professional sports. Fascinated at how amateurish & seat-of-their-pants this league was even with mega talent players & coaches. Sports is just too engorged with money to ever be this raw & spontaneous again, unfortunately.

Excellent & thought-provoking. As a very low intensity Christian it was interesting get this atheist perspective. Hitchens was really talented. Gone too soon.

Not what I thought. Not really a dive into how the media distorts, misinterprets or misrepresents the news. More of a comprehensive account of how journalists operate, how newspapers work, etc.... I didn't like it. Restated much of the obvious.