The President Is Missing in Around the World in 80 Books

Jun 20, 2020 Nadine in NY Jones rated it did not like it

Shelves: did-not-finish, audio, suspense-thriller, wouldnt-normally-read

DNF at 20%

This book is quite upfront about what it is:

I have to admit, it’s sensational. And sensational sells over factual every day.

There’s no question that “President Jonathan Lincoln Duncan” is a stand-in for William Jefferson Clinton, and the author President Clinton has a few things he needs to get off his chest. At times he sounds deadly serious, but he does his best to stay tongue in cheek most of the time.

Even if I were inclined to get into a semantic legal debate about the reach

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Jun 08, 2018 Karen rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-chunky-book-challenge

3.5 stars. I liked it, despite the fact that the beginning was a bit slow. This was my first James Patterson book, so I have nothing to compare it to. As with a lot of thrillers and fiction one has to suspend belief quite a bit, and this was no exception. The book will not win any prizes, but I did enjoy it and I am glad I read it.

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Dec 12, 2023 Pam rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2023-books-read, audio-book, fiction, washington-d-c

One of the better James Patterson books. Dennis Quaid did a good job with the narration. 4.5/B+

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Apr 14, 2020 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller-mystery, america, second-hand, politics, contemporary, popsugar-2020

3.5 stars from me. This is a pretty enjoyable ride. James Patterson (with the help of Bill Clinton) wrote a quite convincing political thriller about a US President who faced one of the scariest days of his life. The details about White House, Congress, etc, are good, especially when we know that Clinton helped making this happened. Somehow having his name in the cover helped XD And Patterson seems to do thorough research on this book, unlike some of his more "lazy" books in the previous years. ...more

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May 02, 2019 Wes F rated it liked it

Not a bad story, though it had the usual thriller, down-to-the-last second before the bomb explodes scenario. I tried not to be too creeped out by the rather obvious Clintonian strokes at excuses for presidential foibles/weaknesses ("oh, it's alright, Bill, you just made a "slight" mistake and really should not have been dragged over the impeachment coals"...when it was obvious to everyone this was a problem you'd had for a long, long time...) and then his triumphal speech to Congress on how, no ...more

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