About book After Camelot: A Personal History Of The Kennedy Family--1968 To The Present (2012)
The author repeatedly falls back on some version of the phrase, "What else was there to say?" as if it's a nervous tic. Many of his observations feel weak and conjectural, like a limp and overpriced hybrid of Wikipedia and National Inquirer. The dialogue reads, at its best moments, like sound bites and, at its worst, like poorly contrived fiction. The diction can be surprisingly informal, even idiomatic (in a cliché sense)(i.e. "So that was the end of that"). As a result, the prose comes across as amateurish and unrefined. This does little to capture the romance and intrigue of the Kennedy saga. This was a truly awesome account of the Kennedy clan from 1968 to present, well written and properly annotated with accredited sources cited throughout. Taraborrelli gives a sympathetic yet honest view of each branch of the Kennedys (including Shrivers, Smiths, Lawfords, Skakels, and Radziwills), presenting their achievements, struggles and even scandals artfully and tastefully. After having read the tainted and self-spotlighting crud spewed by lesser writers (like Ed Klein, Carole Radziwill, Michael Bergin) After Camelot comes across as inspiring and enlightening, and never vulgar.
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A good look at the modern Kennedy Family. One of the best Kennedy books out there!!
—SirReadington
This book was overly long, but it had interesting stories on some of the Kennedys.
—Chontelled
Very interesting so far. Seems to have some good first person interviews.
—shanashell
Predictable with a few interesting twists.
—Emerson
