The Book of Don: A Sacred Chronicle of the Trump Era by T.B. Calder
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“The Book of Don” is the story of Donald Trump from his youth to the beginning of his second term as president. I received an advance review copy for Kindle from BookSirens for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This is the second ARC I’ve read and I must say that this one seemed considerably more polished than the previous, despite this being the author, T.B. Calder’s first published work.
What the author — or the scribe, if you will — does here is present Donald Trump’s tale as though it were a book in the Bible. It is broken down like an epic tale of a man who does great things. Maybe not good things. But great things.
Calder’s wit really comes through, especially early in the book. Take, for example:
“He had parents who loved him and pushed him and apparently did not, at any point, sit him down and say: Perhaps a little less of all this.”
The absurdities of the Trump phenomenon are presented, at times with commentary from “the scribe.” And often times without commentary. It allows the facts to comment on themselves. Or it allows the reader to make their own conclusion.
While the book is definitely not pro-Trump or pro-MAGA, and it definitely isn’t neutral, it’s not as bombastic or anti-Trump as I would have expected. A great deal of reservation must have gone into its writing for it to be as balanced as it was. (Note, I’m not saying it was balanced.)
I found a single typo and one factual error. MUCH better than the last ARC I read.
“The Book of Don” was amusing, funny, and at times, insightful. I would definitely recommend it to those who say, “how did we get here?” Because it sums it up pretty clearly.
Oftentimes, while reading a book, I consider whether it would be fun to narrate. This would be a blast. An audiobook version is purported to be arriving next month. I’m a little jealous of the unknown narrator.
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