I often read reviews of a book before purchasing it in order to get a sense of how others reacted to it. But reading a one-word review, “boring,” really gave me pause. After reading The Room Where It Happened, I can only say that the above mentioned review was, in the most gracious sense, ill-informed. As the title of my review states, this is a substantive book filled with extremely detailed first-hand accounts of the inner workings (and dysfunction) of the Trump White House. Bolton’s use of extended sentences, Latin reference terms and date shifting to explain the manifold challenges he faced in fulfilling his duties around the world made this book a slow-read for me. But reading it was WELL worth the effort!

The left cant meme

Self serving and critical of everyone except, of course, himself. And boring to boot.

My disappointment in this book is not with the substance, but with the style, if that makes sense. John Bolton definitely has a lot of interesting issues to discuss, but the narrative fails, in my opinion, to capture and reconvey in a manner that works for this individual reader.

So hard to get through! I thought it was just me. Boring!

Not worth reading

All one needs to do is listen to Trump speak and read his Tweets to know this was happening behind the scenes. Truly boggles the mind why anyone thinks Trump has the capacity to have anyone’s interests in mind other than his own. It’s also telling how he buddies up with dictators and views Kim Jong-un as a best friend. I’d say it’s funny if it wasn’t so sad and scary.

Not sure if it’s Bolton’s writing or if he is just horribly boring. This was hard to read from the first page to the last. Snoozer.

I’m failing to see the value of all of these sycophants who supported these people into power and stuck around to soak up whatever benefit they could from people that *we all knew* were corrupt and greedy turning around and doing these *tell all* books, as if the rest of us should be surprised that someone who acted a way for 30-60 yrs+ is still acting that way. John Bolton is apparently the only person in America who didn’t know of Trump’s 60+-year-long struggle with mental illness and the pattern of behavior that resulted. Some Advice: DONT BE A SYCOPHANT!! It’s equally as corrupt and evil as the principle actor! You guys are adults. These excuses are pathetic. You’re enablers for your own gain. You did know better. You convinced yourself otherwise. Live it, but don’t pretend your an innocent, unknowing victim just because you lied to yourself for so long.... especially after you betrayed your country by refusing to come out with this information in a timely manner.

I love to read but this book after only reading 8% is terrible. Too much dribble and not enough substance. It doesn’t hold your attention. What a waste of money and shame on the publisher to think thus was worth printing!