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tac107's review against another edition
2.0
I have to admit I picked up this book at an Ollie's Bargain Outlet for $1.99 because I thought the cover was funny. It started out pretty good but the satire is really, really heavy-handed (as you might imagine) and it just starts to get tiresome after a while. Trump is obviously the best character in this book but he's hardly in it. There's some really great stuff at the beginning where we see him interacting with Putin and Chris Christie, but eventually it shifts completely to the extremely unlikeable protagonist and the half-baked murder subplot, which is not enjoyable whatsoever.
marzipan9's review against another edition
4.0
This book was amazing, and the ending was insane. Just disappointed I read this as and audio book, as I would have probably spent an hour reading and rereading the ending and laughing my butt off.
tkruger's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
asolodkin's review
5.0
Won this in goodreads giveaways.
This book was hilarious. I could hear Trump talking through the dialogue, as well as several other notable figures included in the book. This is a highly unlikely potential future (goddamnit it happened). terrifyingly hilarious.
This book was hilarious. I could hear Trump talking through the dialogue, as well as several other notable figures included in the book. This is a highly unlikely potential future (goddamnit it happened). terrifyingly hilarious.
itry's review
1.0
Tw: trump and all the nasty shit, aka sexism murder etc etc, the worst qualities of humanity including hunting and eating zoo pandas
Started off real nice and funny and then just became boring and extremely nasty. Was hoping for a good laugh and i got one at least
Started off real nice and funny and then just became boring and extremely nasty. Was hoping for a good laugh and i got one at least
elephant's review
3.0
This book is a silly spoof, mystery/thriller about what might happen if Donald Trump were to be elected president. It presents Donald and the rest of the politicians as inept buffoons. With lines like "So when people see me saying the stuff out loud that they can only scream at their TVs? I'm their hero...being an asshole and getting away with it. And if I can do it, maybe they can do it too.", it captures how many people feel about Trump and his supporters. The story follows a reporter named Jimmie, who has been hired to ghost write for Trump after having released a scandalous Ted Cruz sex tape, losing his job, and following refugees from the US crawling under the wall into Mexico. Jimmie soon learns about his predecessor's mysterious disappearance and uncovers all kinds of ineptitude and scandal in the White House, that Trump has painted gold. Can Jimmie survive to tell the tale though? I received this book free to review from Netgalley. While the book is a silly spoof, it is not at all funny that Trump is the republican nominee for president. That he is, is just evidence of how broken and corrupt the US political system is, and that is not a joke.
jessejane306's review
funny
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
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