A review by noranne
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris

3.0

I hovered between 3 and 4 stars on this one. It was good, but it was also pretty slow. And I found the way he glossed over certain events very disconcerting. I know for the sake of making a book he's not going to be able to include every thing, but there were a few times when a throwaway parenthetical or aside contained pretty pivotal information. Also found the focus on Alice Roosevelt to be a little weird. Just the tone of it. Authordude was really obsessed with her figure at a couple points.

Anyway, overall it was a very interesting look into a dynamic and historical Presidency. Also made me nostalgic for days when both the GOP and the Dems had seemingly logical and thought-out platforms. And not at all nostalgic for the days when people were racist little shits.