Author: Sam Bourne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 4th July 2017
Genre: Fiction, Thriller
Summary:
The people of the United States of America have elected an incompetent and sexist man as President. Under his rule, a number of conspirators plot his assassination amid unjustified declarations of war.
Review:
So, I was pretty sure why this book was written and who it was aimed at. If you read this book and do not see it - you really need to catch up on current events from the past two years or so... Yeah, it is about President Donald Trump.
The resemblance between the events in the book, and it's characters, and current events is uncanny. Needless to say, I am not President Trump's biggest fan - but, basically paralleling the current situation in America in a fiction book about killing the President is, in my opinion, a bit of a step too far.
The story itself was fast moving (sometimes a bit too fast, in my opinion) and gripping. The characters were somewhat likeable if a bit one-dimensional. I did, however, like how the book followed different perspectives and the reader is left to weave it all together. This made it a very gripping read.
My one issue with the book was the ending. The story just kind of stopped with all the action taking place in the last fifty pages or so. It felt to me like a big build-up for a disappointing ending.
Rating: 7/10.
You can buy To Kill the President from Amazon here.
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