Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power: 'The Explosive New Book'

Thrilling and informative. Easy read and hard to put down.

Very good and informative read and story well researched and told which I highly recommend a book that gives you business, politics and other topics all in one riveting read.

Great book not just on MBS but also on the Arab / Gulf area politics and history in general. Captivating and easy to read for someone like myself with no prior knowledge of the region.

Really well written and it explains the motives behind some of the crazy actions of the defacto leader of Saudi Arabia. A real page turner.

Gives a fair insight on the aspiration of Saudi Arabia - would have been good if it focused Some more on the problems and challenges which it faces.

A fascinating look at an important person.

This book is about the rise to power and popularity of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince. It tells how he has manoeuvred in domestic and international relations, often with an iron fist and unbelievable guile. The book is extremely well written. It reads like a thriller and mixes elements of business, political and crime writing.

Really interesting and easy to read summary of MBS and recent history of the kingdom. Bought for 99p on Kindle - a great bargain.

So MBS is fascinating - and that’s well covered here - but one of the best things about this book is its detailed overview of the rise of the House of Saud and the explication of the succession rules of Saudi Arabia. These internal relationships and politics are key to the main story and character, and, although I’ve read up on Saudi history, I found this book a great insight into the workings of the family and the kingdom. You can easily read this with zero history of Saudi Arabia and gain a pretty substantive understanding on your way to the MBS story. MBS himself is drawn fairly clearly (as clearly as outsiders are likely to be able to do - no one’s about to write what he is thinking!) and the story from his rise to Crown Prince to the Khashoggi murder is gripping. The writers don’t pull punches, but show the conflict of a rise to modernism with practically medieval ways of wielding power very well without a heavy hand in judgment. Very readable, not crazy complex, but very thorough. My only issue would be with sidebars like the Carla DiBello story (not really germane to the storyline unless you expand on the many, many Westerners who use minor influence with major Saudi players to create whole careers) which feel like Bradley Hope really wanted to fit in that WSJ profile he wrote last year. The final ending is also abrupt, possibly quickly rewritten to update to pandemic times - but it would be great to hear some thoughts on what the future might bring. Still, wholeheartedly recommend as a great insight not so much into just one person, but into a family and a nation that wield massive global influence.

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The author gave a detailed description of the mind of the future king of UAE

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It is a good book, real history with a lot sides of countries interests to think about and to understand the politics of Saudi Arabia.