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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Liked the ending and was surprised bY the twist but the beginning really labored on and I found it hard to buy a lot of the premise of the political reality
It was a relatively quick read, but I almost gave up in the middle, not due to the writing but my disappointment in the character(s). That said, I enjoyed the surprise twists and his efforts to set the stage historically and in the context of the times the story is set in.
He clearly left room for following books about some of the characters.
He clearly left room for following books about some of the characters.
By writing these pages, Jake Tapper has written himself into the pages of history. As an English teacher, I can imagine using these pages in the future to study and try to make sense of America in 2017 as well as to analyze how and why history repeats itself. A trilling, entertaining read full of symbolism and metaphors. A must read and discuss!
The only thrill I had reading this book was finally being finished with it...
I wanted to read, and was super excited to read, this book when I heard it would be an HBO show so I could compare and contrast the book and show. Plus “political thriller” is right up my alley!
Started reading this book and had to switch to Audible to finally make it through it at 1.5x speed.
It is about 1 hour of actual content related to the “event/plot” of the book and 8 hours of filler and name drops. For what is described as a political thriller is more of a political fan-fiction about McCarthyism.
Such a cool idea but just so poorly executed. A chore to get through.
I wanted to read, and was super excited to read, this book when I heard it would be an HBO show so I could compare and contrast the book and show. Plus “political thriller” is right up my alley!
Started reading this book and had to switch to Audible to finally make it through it at 1.5x speed.
It is about 1 hour of actual content related to the “event/plot” of the book and 8 hours of filler and name drops. For what is described as a political thriller is more of a political fan-fiction about McCarthyism.
Such a cool idea but just so poorly executed. A chore to get through.
Alright, so I have mixed feelings about this. First, I think the idea of a secret society in Washington like the Hellfire Club is fantastic. It's one of the ideas featured most steadily in one of my favorite book series, the Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter. However. It takes so long to get to the "thriller" part of the novel; instead, I feel like we're wandering around Washington meeting people like LBJ, the Kennedys, and Eisenhower just because Tapper would like to meet those people. Also, I was very much not into reading through party after party Charlie ends up going to; we get the idea of how sleazy Washington is from just one. The main character is also kind of stereotypical (Charlie is a stand up do gooder, naive and innocent) and the writing tells rather than shows. I think the most redeeming part of the book is its action-packed ending, where some details from earlier come back again in a way that's useful and satisfying, and the character Isiah Street. He's cool. The rest of this book...not so much.