Thought this was surprisingly good. The most salacious bits have been widely reported in the media already, so no big revelations from reading the actual book. But what it does well is give the reader a sense of the local culture and society from which Palin emerged, which was the most interesting stuff to me. It's a fairly quick read (I read it in a day while home sick), and McGinniss is a skillful writer. And it thankfully doesn't dwell on the 2008 campaign, which has been rehashed to death in many places already. Yes, it's one-sided, although that is perhaps inevitable in this sort of book, if those who are on good terms with the subject refuse to be interviewed. There is a chapter which goes pretty far down the Trig Truther path, even if McGinniss holds back from explicitly making the charge.

Suppose it's ironic that I read this on the day Palin confirmed she wasn't running for President in 2012.