One Sentence Media Reviews
I appreciate Oster’s approach to data driven decision-making, so even tho I actually disagree on how she handled the discussion on co-sleeping / bedsharing, which is probably the most impactful decision new parents make, I still think this book is a valuable resource.
Cute quick sci-fi fantasy, fun little thing, couldn’t put it down, gone too soon.
It’s amazing to consider that the news that Thomas had been caught taking undisclosed gifts from a conservative billionaire came out only 2 years after this book, but it does highlight my single issue with what is otherwise an excellent, impeccably written and thoroughly researched investigation - this wacky supreme court justice is interesting to the extent that his twisted belief system makes any sense, but the more it comes out that he’s just a corrupt death cultist, the less relevance there is to his future jurisprudence (and his past, retroactively) that he was once a black nationalist.
Brilliantly crafted, elegantly plotted and full of poignant moments and sparkling insight with just the right amount of delicious surreality, and still, despite all that, overwrought, moralizing, and long.
Stephen Kinzer delivers an excellent biography of the Dulles brothers, those cold warriors that shaped and defined so much of modern history - and altho the book could sometimes have had a little less redundant summarizing and a little more historical detail, it was extremely well written, well researched, easy to read, and fascinating.
I don’t usually go for horror because I don’t enjoy the feeling of being creeped out, which this miniseries certainly had plenty of (along with some excellent practical effects), but I will say that the story itself was superb, with lots of twists and reveals that had me hooked, and even tho some of the characters’ monologues got a little long and theatrical for my taste, the overall journey was surprisingly fulfilling and heartfelt.