Absolute Power by David Baldacci
Almost The Best
Can the President get away with murder? The fictional answer to this
question results in a fast-paced page turner that combines political
intrigue with gritty, hard-boiled suspense
Personal Review: Absolute Power by David Baldacci
Reading *Absolute Power*, David Baldacci's first novel, was altogether a
great use of my time. Having read other Baldacci books after this, I've
found Luther Whitney, one of the main characters, to not be nearly as
stereotypical of many of his other main male characters (at least in his first
couple books, the main male characters are basically all stereotypes - the
same stereotype). This definitely makes it more appealing than some of
the other books, especially from the perspective that you don't feel like
you're reading a book about personalities you know from the previous book
(I'd say characters, but the personalities tend to be what's the same).

As a whole, the plot was pretty fantastical (I'd hope we never elect a
President that much of a scumbag), but it was definitely interesting. Calling
some of the characters believable would probably be stretching it, but it's
not completely over the top and it is at least conceivable to some degree.
More importantly than whether it's believable, though (I think), is that it's
pretty difficult to put the book down because you want to learn the rest of
the plot.
I like Baldacci's writing style in that it's pretty easy to understand. It's not
amazing, but it's not boring either; and I found the story so captivating that
his writing style didn't bother me at all. The only thing to actually annoy me
is when at the end of some paragraph he explains how a character doesn't
think much fo soemthing or overlooks it but, *oh, how wrong they are*! I
can't stand that. Foreshadowing is fine, but that's just obnoxious.
Baldacci also describes the criminal investigation well. I'm going to imagine
he knows what he's writing about here, but it's pretty impressive; and the
investigation scenes were particularly fun to read because they seemed
out of place in a book that basically has the plot as its main selling point
(the scenes feel like they could be taken out of an example in a textbook).
All in all, this was extremely fun to read. My review probably sounds
harsher than my actual thoughts on the book, but that's probably because I
found the plot and just the entire idea of this happening to be so great that
I can't really say how much I liked it (I liked it a lot). Some of the other
things detract a little from the experience, but if you like thrillers, then read
this. Of the Baldacci books I've read so far, it's probably the best.
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