"As I wrote at the time he was hired in 2018, Bolton is a deeply odd, thin-skinned, and snarky figure who succeeded in convincing a surprising number of smart people in Washington that he is somehow serious and statesmanlike. This book and the profitable process by which he came to write it will doubtlessly decrease that number. As a parting shot, it has the temporary satisfaction of score-settling and the happiness brought by a two million dollar advance. But there should be nothing unclear about it: this is a parting shot by a man leaving the room for good." https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/22/john-bolton-is-the-perfect-washington-man/
From the Washington Post as quoted in previous link: "Bolton is the hero of nearly every anecdote in the book. Indeed, for a memoir that is startlingly candid about many things, Bolton’s utter lack of self-criticism is one of the book’s significant shortcomings. Nearly every policy discussion is an opportunity for Bolton to say that he was right, people should have listened to him, he knew it would never work, he was vindicated. His only problem is that, having burned so many bridges with this book, Fox News may not give him a future platform to explain how right he is."
From the Washington Post as quoted in previous link: "Bolton is the hero of nearly every anecdote in the book. Indeed, for a memoir that is startlingly candid about many things, Bolton’s utter lack of self-criticism is one of the book’s significant shortcomings. Nearly every policy discussion is an opportunity for Bolton to say that he was right, people should have listened to him, he knew it would never work, he was vindicated. His only problem is that, having burned so many bridges with this book, Fox News may not give him a future platform to explain how right he is."
