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geekberry's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
This book shared interesting ideas about cesarism and how to defeat it - both of which are sadly relevant to the modern world.
But I felt it got bogged down in long historical anecdotes about past cesars. Mount makes a point early on to say he's not going through them chronologically, which is fine, but jumping around makes it hard for the reader to follow, especially when I couldn't divine a logic for inserting them where they were.
Worth reading for understanding the Boris Johnsons and Donald Trumps of our time, but be prepared to hear A LOT about the Roman Empire.
But I felt it got bogged down in long historical anecdotes about past cesars. Mount makes a point early on to say he's not going through them chronologically, which is fine, but jumping around makes it hard for the reader to follow, especially when I couldn't divine a logic for inserting them where they were.
Worth reading for understanding the Boris Johnsons and Donald Trumps of our time, but be prepared to hear A LOT about the Roman Empire.
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