Justin Monisit’s Reviews > The Path to Power > Status Update

A good chunk of this book makes me realize that damn, LBJ is a complicated man. He is almost chaotic good, just had an upbringing that made him tough with an ego for his dedication. Also HOW it is so crazy how detailed it is. Like every single facet of how the nation was faring in a micro and macro scale is relevant.

Damn LBJ was a jerk. Goes into his college years a bit too much, but for good reason; he was a master manipulator in order to become Class President, with the constant backstabbing, bribing, and ruthlessness. It wasn't nice but it worked, and goes to show that getting dirty in politics was necessary - even if it's small scale.

After 4 hours of the audiobook, we finally get to LBJ lol. The fact we are spending so much time with the parents and now LBJ's childhood is actually quite interesting, and I'm glad it took its time to get there. But damn, we really went for every single detail.

Not even far into it and I can tell this is something special. Listening to this book 30 minutes at a time to and fro on a drive, and man I can tell that this book is going to be an undertaking because it starts off talking about his father's life in great detail. But it's so well written