traci's Reviews > The Last Magazine

I'm not sure I would have enjoyed this book half as much if I hadn't interned at Newsweek.com around the same time Hastings writes of his own experiences at the magazine -- mine were much tamer, obviously, but his description of the complete ambivalence of the executives to the website is spot-on in all of its irony. I'm also not sure I would have enjoyed it half as much if I wasn't fascinated by the life and death of the author. But these two forces intersected to make this a quick and intriguing read. However, if you did not intern for a newsweekly or blog in the '00s, or if you do not enjoy extended exotic sex scenes that do not advance the plot, maybe go read fear and loathing on the campaign trail for the 18th time instead.