Title:
The Restless Wave
Author:
John McCain and Mark Salter
Read
by: Beau Bridges with an introduction by
John McCain
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Length:
Approximately 14 hours and 15 minutes
Source:
Review Copy from Simon & Schuster.
Thank-you!
I
listened to The Restless Wave the past few weeks and wrote this review before
the sad passing of John McCain this past Saturday. I was greatly saddened by his passing.
I
admire John McCain and I still wish he would have won the 2000 primary and
ultimate election. I think we would be a
in a far different place in the world if he would have been running the country
during 9/11, Katrina, and the economic crisis.
I like how he “straight talks” and does and says what he thinks is right
for the country, even if that doesn’t always fall along party lines. Disclaimer – I’m a moderate and don’t belong
to either party. I vote for both
depending on the candidates.
I
really liked the introduction that John McCain read himself. It was a touching remembrance of visiting the
Pearl Harbor memorial with veterans from that war. Beau Bridges was the narrator for the rest of
the audiobook and he did a fine job. I
liked the cadence of his voice, but I did ultimately enjoy John McCain’s voice
itself for the start of the book.
I
should have investigated this book more to have different expectations. I thought it was going to be about McCain’s
entire life, but it started right into the 2008 election. It’s hard to be a loser of a race and talk
about it. Even McCain sounded like he
was whining with his “it wasn’t fair!” thoughts. I had a hard time with him saying that
everyone was harder on Sarah Palin than they were on Barack Obama. Having been an adult at that time, I remember
the stupid things Sarah Palin said and remember the birthism and racism that
Obama received on his side. I did like how McCain took the stance during
the election of not allowing racist talk during his campaign talks against his
opponent. I like that he stood a high
moral ground and stopped a supporter when they were saying nasty things about
Obama and said he was a fine man. I discovered after listening to this
audiobook, that I should have listened to or read Faith of My Fathers by John
McCain. It sounds like that book goes
more into his past. I will put that on
my “to read” list for the future.
I
was glad when the book moved on to torture . . . although that sounds
funny. Having been a prisoner of war,
McCain feels passionately about torture. I really loved how he said that to be
a great country, we must stand by our ideals and should not sink to a base
level. I only wish more people believed
this and implemented it. As I listened
to the audiobook I was amazed by all the great work that McCain did for this
country to help us to stand by our ultimate ideals even if it meant disagreeing
with Presidents Bush and Obama. I like
that he did wasn’t afraid to speak his mind to any of the Presidents.
Overall,
The Restless Wave is an interesting look into John McCain’s unique perspective
into politics for the past twenty years.
It ended up being a very timely audiobook for me to listen to in a sad
way. I recommend it for those looking to
learn more about modern US history.
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