O
A Presidential Novel

I read this book in December of 2010, during a spate of literature being published, mostly nonfiction, about the Obama Administration and President Barack Obama specifically. There were, it seemed, equal numbers of pro-Obama books versus anti-Obama books. "O" was one of the few novels I found during......more

Like the people who end up running for president, this anonymous novel about Barack Obama's reelection campaign isn't as good as you hoped or as bad as you feared. Maybe the American people get the roman a clef they deserve. Because regardless of how closely "O" anticipates next year's campaign, it'......more

This book is more of a novelty than anything else. There's some interesting observations on modern politics, but the attempted plot threads leave much to be desired. It's worth a read if you're curious, but you're not missing much if you don't read it.......more

I enjoyed the first half of this book but the second half seemed rushed. It was almost as if the author was told he had a page limit and saw he was getting close so had to wrap it up.......more

The first half of this book was painfully slow. I mean, painful. The book did flow better when I quit trying to figure out who the characters were “supposed to be” in the Obama campaign and administration. At the half-way point in the book - it was like something snapped and the book got exciting. Th......more