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A review by nyom7
The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton, James Patterson
4.0
It is exactly what you expect it to be. A James Patterson thriller. It’s a great holiday read/page turner but don’t expect anything new. The traitor is exactly who you expect it to be if you’ve read more than one thriller in your life. The main character is one of the many cardboard cutouts of the ‘leading man in a political thriller’ - relatively young, dead wife, early 20s daughter, military and law background. You have read this book before and will read it again. I am quite certain you could play trope bingo with this book.
That being said however, it is generally well written, the pace is decent, and there is a satisfactory if slightly sanctimonious (and I say this as someone who’s general political views as a non-US citizen would +/- align with the arguments made) conclusion to the story and not just the terror plot. This is not a prize winning piece of fiction but it is a decent 500 page sit in the sun in your garden during the summer/curled up on the sofa in the winter read. It also doesn’t pretend to be anything different to that and I appreciate that, which is why it gets 4 and not 3 or fewer stars.
That being said however, it is generally well written, the pace is decent, and there is a satisfactory if slightly sanctimonious (and I say this as someone who’s general political views as a non-US citizen would +/- align with the arguments made) conclusion to the story and not just the terror plot. This is not a prize winning piece of fiction but it is a decent 500 page sit in the sun in your garden during the summer/curled up on the sofa in the winter read. It also doesn’t pretend to be anything different to that and I appreciate that, which is why it gets 4 and not 3 or fewer stars.