Did Reviewers Actually Read Clinton Book? (Was It Even Physically Possible?)

Bill Clinton’s 957-page book wasn’t released to reviewers until 24-48 hours before it was published. “The 24- to 48-hour turnaround of these reviews poses the question of whether a barge-size book like My Life can be read in its entirety in such short order—let alone reviewed. How long might it take to read My Life? Slate assigned one-third of My Life to three staffers and they recorded 27 man-hours of reading and note-taking. Surely a full-fledged review of My Life by one person would require somewhere in the neighborhood of 27 hours for reading, plus sleep breaks, and maybe another couple of hours for composition…”