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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
Please, Nicolle Wallace, Write More Novels
I’m so sad to have finished all three of the Charlotte Kramer trilogy books. The characters are so well developed, relationships so realistically detailed, and story arcs believable. As a 30 year DC area resident not involved in politics, it’s fun to imagine real people in these characters, which have been developed by someone who knows of what she writes.
This was my favorite of the three, even if it caused me to feel that as a country we are more vulnerable than ever (Trump aside)
NDW you are the most direct and fair person on MSNBC, but please, please, start writing again.
I’m so sad to have finished all three of the Charlotte Kramer trilogy books. The characters are so well developed, relationships so realistically detailed, and story arcs believable. As a 30 year DC area resident not involved in politics, it’s fun to imagine real people in these characters, which have been developed by someone who knows of what she writes.
This was my favorite of the three, even if it caused me to feel that as a country we are more vulnerable than ever (Trump aside)
NDW you are the most direct and fair person on MSNBC, but please, please, start writing again.
I found Wallace's Charlotte Kramer series interesting for the insights shared about what it's like to work in the White House. The writing is adequate, and the plotting is okay (with some churning, that is, circling around and around certain points). Wallace tries hard to represent politicos of both parties as decent, hard-working, generally well-intentioned people. Her cast of characters are mostly white, heterosexual, and mostly female.
I didn't love this one as much as the first two. I wish Wallace had gotten to the rising action earlier, after the opening tease. This book also jumps timelines, if that bothers others it's good to know that it stays consistent in large chunks, rather than changing chapter by chapter.
Overall, a solid work and a fast read. I just wanted more!
Overall, a solid work and a fast read. I just wanted more!
it took me quite a while to finish this book. the writing was really slow. most of all I was disappointed in the way that these "strong" female leads were portrayed. Yes they were women in power positions but in no way were they feminist. To say it simply a man would not have been written in the same way.
The book almost follows too many characters and has too much going on but none of it is given much depth. There were multiple different plot arcs but none were very well developed and it was all anti-climatic. And much of the plot and story arcs felt overly contrived.
I loved this book. It was my first political read ever but I found it easy to get through and very suspenseful. I loved the writing and the plot was easy to follow and very detailed. I will definitely be picking up more of this authors work.
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This valiant attempt at letting a primarily female administration shine instead comes across muddled and emotionally confused.
This valiant attempt at letting a primarily female administration shine instead comes across muddled and emotionally confused.
I didn't realize this is the third book in a series, just saw it was about a female President and jumped on it. I wanted to love this but I was severely disappointed and a bit bored. This wasn't the female power with interesting political plot as I wanted. After reading Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeild I've been craving a good political novel with female front, but I have had difficult time finding one. I really thought this would be the one but nope. Maybe I had to high expectations
This book was not as good as the last two. I found myself wishing either some kind of big bombshell would happen or it would just end. I am glad I read all the way through but it was just a little too hard to chew at the end.