Fiction

raccoon

(31,470 posts) Tue Sep 4, 2018, 07:53 AM Sep 2018

Anyone read The President is Missing? By Bill Clinton and

James Patterson.

I’m about 150 pages into it. I won’t say it’s riveting, but I will say that it has some events that raise my awareness of what might be going on behind closed doors.

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Anyone read The President is Missing? By Bill Clinton and (Original Post) raccoon Sep 2018 OP

Would you recommend it? Ohiogal Sep 2018 #1

I'd have to say no. If it gets a lot better, I'll let y'all know. Nt raccoon Sep 2018 #2

I burned out on James Patterson murielm99 Sep 2018 #3

I tried Timewas Sep 2018 #4

Yes, I thought it was extremely contemporary. Many things could sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #5

I read it. hostalover Sep 2018 #6

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2018 #9

Thank you! hostalover Sep 2018 #10

The money quotes are between pages twenty and eighty Brother Buzz Sep 2018 #7

Well, I gave it up. POSSIBLE SPOILERS raccoon Sep 2018 #8

Ohiogal

(34,903 posts)

1. Would you recommend it?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:24 AM

Sep 2018

raccoon

(31,470 posts)

2. I'd have to say no. If it gets a lot better, I'll let y'all know. Nt

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:45 AM

Sep 2018

murielm99

(31,463 posts)

3. I burned out on James Patterson

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 08:53 AM

Sep 2018

a long time ago.

Timewas

(2,294 posts)

4. I tried

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 09:08 AM

Sep 2018

A ways into it I decided I could get the same story line in todays news

sinkingfeeling

(53,060 posts)

5. Yes, I thought it was extremely contemporary. Many things could

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 09:36 AM

Sep 2018

actually be taking place (minus the idiot in the WH).

hostalover

(447 posts)

6. I read it.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 05:30 PM

Sep 2018

I thought it was great fun. The president gets to drive a getaway car and shoot at the bad guys! I didn't for a moment think any of it could really happen, but that didn't dim my enjoyment.

gopiscrap

(24,180 posts)

9. welcome to DU

Reply to hostalover (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 01:54 PM

Sep 2018

hostalover

(447 posts)

10. Thank you!

Reply to gopiscrap (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:22 AM

Sep 2018

I've been around for a long time and finally decided to officially join. I especially enjoy this forum!

Brother Buzz

(37,918 posts)

7. The money quotes are between pages twenty and eighty

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2018, 06:16 PM

Sep 2018

Some real good ones, too, that are worth reflecting on.

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56401872-the-president-is-missing

I read the book and enjoyed it, but I'm a tough critic and judged the novel, on the whole, to be just kinda pedestrian. That being said, the quotes were worth the price of admission.

raccoon

(31,470 posts)

8. Well, I gave it up. POSSIBLE SPOILERS

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:38 AM

Sep 2018

There were too many cases of the authors misleading the reader to think something had happened, for example somebody had been killed, and then it turned out they weren’t. I don’t like it when an author(s) won’t play straight with me.

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