This book is a combo memoir and instruction book but doesn’t quite pull it off. The memoir parts are great, but the parts where Psaki draws a lesson on communication from her experiences feel forced in. The book is still excellently written and very interesting; it just could have been structured better.

I listened to the audiobook, which Psaki narrates herself, and it is extremely well done, including audio clips from some of her press conferences. I wish more audiobook producers would include media like that when it’s available.