Hardcover, 288 pages
german language
Published July 14, 2020 by Heyne.
Das wahre Gesicht von Donald Trump – intime Details aus der Familiengeschichte des US-Präsidenten Mary L. Trump, Nichte des US-Präsidenten und promovierte klinische Psychologin, enthüllt die dunkle Seite der Familie Trump. Einen Großteil ihrer Kindheit verbrachte Mary im Hause ihrer Großeltern in New York, wo auch Donald und seine vier Geschwister aufwuchsen. Sie schildert, wie Donald Trump in einer Atmosphäre heranwuchs, die ihn für sein Leben zeichnete und ihn letztlich zu einer Bedrohung für das Wohlergehen und die Sicherheit der ganzen Welt machte. Als einziges Familienmitglied ist Mary Trump dazu bereit, aus eigener Anschauung die Wahrheit über eine der mächtigsten Familien der Welt zu erzählen. Ihre Insiderperspektive in Verbindung mit ihrer fachlichen Ausbildung ermöglicht einen absolut einmaligen Einblick in die Psyche des unberechenbarsten Mannes, der je an der Spitze einer Weltmacht stand.
Was Mary von Donald im Speziellen und dem Rest der Familie im Allgemeinen hält, verbirgt sie überhaupt nicht. Das Buch ist nicht völlig uninteressant, allerdings liest es sich eher wie eine aus Verbitterung geschriebene Abrechnung mit ihrer (durchaus extrem unsympathischen) Sippe.
well that explains a lot
A lot of people I follow on Twitter highly recommended this book, and I read a number of intriguing excerpts highlight what a twisted monster Trump is and has always been that made me look forward to reading it. But unfortunately, while this may be an important book in terms of giving a fuller picture of the monster in the White House, it's also remarkably tedious.
The great appeal of this book is that Trump has a slight but lifelong relationship with Trump and knows his family. This allows her to tell a lot of family lore. But while that lore can be interesting, it is only about 20% of a book that is primarily tedious psychoanalysis.
I certainly think Trump is a narcissistic psychopath, but that doesn't mean I want to read a book that is simply someone who knows him blathering on for page after page about what …
A lot of people I follow on Twitter highly recommended this book, and I read a number of intriguing excerpts highlight what a twisted monster Trump is and has always been that made me look forward to reading it. But unfortunately, while this may be an important book in terms of giving a fuller picture of the monster in the White House, it's also remarkably tedious.
The great appeal of this book is that Trump has a slight but lifelong relationship with Trump and knows his family. This allows her to tell a lot of family lore. But while that lore can be interesting, it is only about 20% of a book that is primarily tedious psychoanalysis.
I certainly think Trump is a narcissistic psychopath, but that doesn't mean I want to read a book that is simply someone who knows him blathering on for page after page about what a disaster he is. Mary Trump ignores the famous writer's edict, "show, don't tell," and instead tells us over and over again how vile Trump is, spinning out her theories from small but telling incidents.
I only made it through the first chapter and a half; it's really a pretty agonizing slog. This might have made a solid article in the New Yorker, but as a book there's just not enough to it.
