First Family

I feel emotionally and mentally exhausted after reading this book. I feel spent. And somehow, I do not feel satisfied. Too much drama and monologue. Too many details. Some parts are, to my humble opinion, unnecessary. And some parts are a little too far-fetched.

Overall I liked this book. Having been written almost 15 years ago let me say that Baldacci has gotten much better at writing female characters. There are a few cringe moments in this book where the female characters feel very flat and two dimensional. But I thought the story was good and enjoyed how it wrapped up plot points from previous book with Maxwell.