Bleh. I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn't get over the writing. Too many asides. It's like listening to the muttering pan handler onBleh. I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn't get over the writing. Too many asides. It's like listening to the muttering pan handler on Market St....more
This was not something I would normally read and I probably wouldn't have wanted to read this if I had not seen the West Wing. Who knew that politics This was not something I would normally read and I probably wouldn't have wanted to read this if I had not seen the West Wing. Who knew that politics could be so full of drama and excitement? I heard the author talking about his second book on NPR and thought I'd give this one a spin and boy, am I glad I did.
Maybe my head was under a rock during that time, but I didn't know or probably forgot half the drama that went on during President Obama's first campaign. The whole John Edwards mistress thing was completely new to me. I got enjoyment out of this book like I get enjoyment reading a tabloid waiting in line at the checkout counter. I was eagerly anticipating the chapters about Palin and they did not disappoint. At one point, I felt sorry for her, but that quickly went away.
The only downside to this book is one that my husband pointed out, which is the author loves using erudite words for the sake of using them when a plain word would have sufficed or even fit better. It got kind of distracting once he pointed it out.
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