Rating: 
Summary: Hastily Written
Review: Glenn Beck is a talented and quite frankly, hilarious radio talk show host. Though I lived in the Midwest, I had never heard of him until I was on a road trip and heard him on the radio completely by chance. Since then I have started listening to his radio program on a pay site he has over the Internet. However, Beck's radio talents do nothing for his writing talents. When I first started reading this book, I couldn't believe how bad it was. Most of Beck's thoughts are incoherent, he tries humor and fails, and he is just overall unable to put his thoughts to paper very well. Later, towards the end of the book, Beck gives an explanation as to why the book is below par when he tells his readers that he wrote the book quickly while on a road trip. He pumped out this book in the back of a car. It was finished quickly, hastily, and it shows.To say that this was a disappointing revelation is obvious. You'd think Glenn Beck would have some respect for his readers. He should've taken the time to write this book well. He didn't. I like Glenn Beck, I like his radio program, but the stuff he felt fit to print was unfortunate. His story of his alcoholism was honest but lacked feeling. His thoughts on big business, partisan politics, and Hollywood were unmemorable. His ideals of what a real America should be weren't thought out. Even the story of how he found religion was a bit freakish. He became a Mormon because he was always surrounded by Mormons and they were always good people. He completely avoids discussing the Book of Mormon or their habits about baptizing dead people. I would think that picking a religion for yourself and your family would be a reasonable process. To his credit, towards the end of the book his writing started to come together a little, and it was more enjoyable. Overall, I'd give it two and half stars, but I'll raise it up to 3 stars for a conservative who will hopefully and has the ability to write a good book in the future.
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