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Review by Sue_neth_ak -- The Margin of Error
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Margin of Error" by Beverly Grasley.]
The book “The margin of error” by Beverly Grasley is told around Kathleen Harrington, a 52 year old Brigadier General newly retired with the initial plans of engaging herself in charitable work. She had joined the military awestruck with the stories told by her late grandfather, to continue the family legacy with military excellence.
The protagonist Kathleen was invited to take over the position as the Secretary of Defence soon after her retirement; simply because the president thought that having a woman heading the military would somehow create a good image of his presidency. Not long after her appointment, Kathleen is put in a tight spot when she has to choose where her loyalty truly lies, with the president or her nation.
As the president’s reasoning went out of the window, Kathleen as the Secretary of Defence could no longer trust him with the destructive nuclear power. Kathleen soon found herself in the middle of the eye of a hurricane as she headed an important mission which was for the greater good of her country, but could also jeopardise her future if done wrong. The plot further thickens in the latter half, when a random group of American citizens took it upon their hands to support the reckless president.
Kathleen had to juggle her responsibilities alongside her personal life as she struggled to keep national secrets from her reporter boyfriend and discipline her young niece. The protagonist's mother was a character that I had liked for her witty, but loving personality. Despite the book having a political side to deal with, it was rather light and easy to follow. It addressed matters like misuse of power and the gravity of having the wrong person rule over a country. I had learnt a lot about the 25th Amendment and many official procedures.
What I didn’t quite like was how the initial portion of the book seemed to be stuck in a lengthy plateau where most of the same facts kept overly repeating itself, which hampered the book's smooth flow. The book had a lot of grammatical errors, misplaced commas and full stops. I even found a very few places with the wrong words used. All of these could've been avoided if the book had been professionally edited.
The book somehow had tried to bring forth an important point, that America and the world in fact, could do with more female leaders. So once I weighed the cons against the pros, I came to the conclusion that I'd rate the book with three out of four stars.
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The Margin of Error
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The book “The margin of error” by Beverly Grasley is told around Kathleen Harrington, a 52 year old Brigadier General newly retired with the initial plans of engaging herself in charitable work. She had joined the military awestruck with the stories told by her late grandfather, to continue the family legacy with military excellence.
The protagonist Kathleen was invited to take over the position as the Secretary of Defence soon after her retirement; simply because the president thought that having a woman heading the military would somehow create a good image of his presidency. Not long after her appointment, Kathleen is put in a tight spot when she has to choose where her loyalty truly lies, with the president or her nation.
As the president’s reasoning went out of the window, Kathleen as the Secretary of Defence could no longer trust him with the destructive nuclear power. Kathleen soon found herself in the middle of the eye of a hurricane as she headed an important mission which was for the greater good of her country, but could also jeopardise her future if done wrong. The plot further thickens in the latter half, when a random group of American citizens took it upon their hands to support the reckless president.
Kathleen had to juggle her responsibilities alongside her personal life as she struggled to keep national secrets from her reporter boyfriend and discipline her young niece. The protagonist's mother was a character that I had liked for her witty, but loving personality. Despite the book having a political side to deal with, it was rather light and easy to follow. It addressed matters like misuse of power and the gravity of having the wrong person rule over a country. I had learnt a lot about the 25th Amendment and many official procedures.
What I didn’t quite like was how the initial portion of the book seemed to be stuck in a lengthy plateau where most of the same facts kept overly repeating itself, which hampered the book's smooth flow. The book had a lot of grammatical errors, misplaced commas and full stops. I even found a very few places with the wrong words used. All of these could've been avoided if the book had been professionally edited.
The book somehow had tried to bring forth an important point, that America and the world in fact, could do with more female leaders. So once I weighed the cons against the pros, I came to the conclusion that I'd rate the book with three out of four stars.
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The Margin of Error
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