gentlemangamer's review
1.0
I won this audiobook. First off, I gave this book an honest chance, and looked at it from every angle I could think of. secondly, I think it is important to note that it is actually read by the author, not an actor. It is important because it sounds like it is being read by somebody who is lying. I am not saying it sounds like it is being read by a bad voice actor. Nope, it sounds like an intelligent man is purposefully saying things that are false in order to make people happy. He sounds like every word either was just a lie, or is about to be a lie. You've all met somebody like that, so you know what is sounds like. That is what this guy sounds like. Maybe what he is saying is true (although I find that very hard to believe), but every word oozed of a lie carefully aimed at a certain group of people. I love grits and biscuits and gravy, but he tells us within the first few minutes of the book that he expects us to believe that not only has he checked to see if the fanciest restaurants in New York serve these, but that we are supposed to believe that he is genuinely surprised that they don't serve them. Either he is lying, and thinks that everybody who is going to read this book is an idiot, or he is an idiot. Neither situation is good when discussing a politician. Certainly, I should expect lies from a politician, but he shouldn't expect a good book review when even the intro to his book is full of lies. What baffles me is the large rating this book has. I suspect he found his target audience, and he pitched his voice and slang exactly the way they want to hear it.
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