PositiveSlate...[a] playful, occasionally riotous, consistently nostalgia-inducing, and sometimes long-winded Kremlinology ... While there are moments when it appears to lean into the idea that Trump would be our next president, big chunks of the early sections come off as tone-deaf to the new reality that this book was not yet aware we’d be living in ... Once you’re closer to the acceptance phase, though, it becomes a lot easier to appreciate this book for what it offers: some of the funniest people in the world telling stories about their job, which happened to be deflating the exact sort of bullshit we are about to be totally awash in ... a book that feels less like a nostalgic romp than a poignant call to arms.
