RFK Jr.
The Fall and Rise

This was a very disappointing book. I was hoping it would explore how a privileged person from a storied family could turn against everything his family believes in, but this book did not cover that. The first 20% of the book was about JFK and RFK and their policies in the ‘60’s, which felt like a l......more

A Man of Paradox, A Mirror of America RFK Jr.: The Fall and Rise reads less like a conventional political biography and more like an unfiltered excavation of a man caught between myth and self-destruction. The intimacy is novelistic at times—but also moving as it reveals a flawed, but ambitious man,......more

Parts were interesting and new. A lot of the book was about the Kennedy family in general and things RFJ Jr had to say about them or just about them in general. I can see how witnessing a parent being murdered -- especially a high profile one with security would do permanent mental and emotional dam......more

Not sure what to make of this book. The title is highly misleading as the bulk of the book chronicles Kennedy’s “fall” (all well deserved criticism) but very little about the “rise” if there really is one. The author seems skeptical. Very disjointed at times especially in the beginning. It almost se......more

There was so much hype and honestly, aside from yet another bizarre incident ( a raccoon penis?!) and yet, another disastrous marriage, Cheryl Hines, sort of a ho hum read.......more