This biography of Jackie Kennedy is one that gives me mixed feelings.

On the one hand, it allows me to better understand the woman as a complex being, having had to deal with divorce, a husband murdered in front of her, another husband who was abusive to some degree, and her favourite Kennedy relative also gunned down in cold blood. Honestly, I probably feel more sympathetic than others to her tale - if my hypothetical husband was killed in front of me and people started slandering him, I too would act like Jackie would.

At the same time, it feels trashy at points - its coverage of the Bobby/Jackie affair is where it's most notable, if mainly for the juxtaposition of how the book tries to explain how Bobby wouldn't be with Jackie because it would go against his religion and his wife... only to casually mention without much detail about how he himself cheated frequently. Even some exploration of that would have been interesting.

Also, the post-Onassis years, whilst interesting, felt somewhat undercovered?

Still, a decent enough book.