Damn good ... paints on a broad canvas, showing readers the full arc of an incredibly complicated political tale ... Miller’s sources are more or less transparent, and his writing is measured and clear. Miller makes no pretense about knowing the end of the story ... Miller’s account of the Russian hacking of the Democrats is highly persuasive.
Draws on much existing reporting for the factual side of the book. But [Miller] lets rip when it comes to the analysis, painting a scathing portrait of the commander-in-chief’s personal and political failings, compounded by the dismal inability of other politicians and institutions to get to grips with the abundant evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. ... The book is the clearest account yet of what Russia actually did.
A careful reader of all these sources would find little new in The Apprentice. But the reader will find an integrated synthesis—a solid account that goes back many years to get elements of a full picture. Miller offers little in the way of deep analysis, but he provides many facts from which the reader can draw his or her own conclusions.
In The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy, Mr. Miller provides a comprehensive examination of the Kremlin’s efforts to subvert our democracy, Mr. Mueller’s investigation, and the impact on the Trump presidency. Although Mr. Miller’s book contains no new 'smoking gun' disclosures, it does offer lots of new information. Most important, The Apprentice demonstrates, to anyone willing to assess the evidence, that the Russia probe is anything but a hoax or a witch hunt.
[A] penetrating study of Trump's Russia problem ... Miller builds on his own reporting to recap, in novelistic style ... Well-paced but rich in detail, Miller's narrative is one of the best of the many new books on this evolving saga.
