Thank you, Penguin Group, for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Mr. Book just finished Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune And Created The Illusion Of Success, by Russ Buettner & Susanne Craig.

This was an excellent look at Donald Trump’s lifelong career as a failed businessman. The book starts with a look at Trump’s early life, as well as his father’s many misdeeds and unscrupulous actions building the family fortune before it turns to Donald’s career. It book does a great job documenting his failures. It covers times in which he was inflating his assets on the one hand, in order to get loans, while significantly deflating them on the other hand, to cut taxes.

One of the enjoyable sections of the book was the discussion of Trump and the USFL.

The one success of his business career, from a money-making venture for himself, was the Apprentice. It served to boost his image while providing a very distorted view of what was happening in the show’s competitions and his involvement. Those areas of the book are also among the many highlights.

I give this book an A+ and inducted it into the Hall of Fame. Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

After finishing the book, I got the audiobook version, so will also be able to listen to it.

This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.

Mr. Book finished reading this on September 25, 2024.