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|  | Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Edition: First Edition
Pages: 464
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ISBN: 0446539759
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
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Publication Date: April 21, 2009
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 Another victim of his own popularity October 15, 2009
M. Middleton (Limestone, New York USA)
It seems that far too many talented authors begin to believe their own PR people and write well below their ability just to have a book in print. When I read Wish You Were Here, I thought I'd found another wonderful story teller with a gift for language. First Family was such a disappointment that I will be reluctant to pick up another Baldacci book. Move over Ludlum, Patterson, and Grisham, you have company on the churn 'em out bench! That's the one at the back of the room, where the plots are stale, the characters flat and the imagination fried. Too many good authors out there to waste time with Mr. Baldacci in the future....sadly.
 Fun but inconsequent entertainment... October 12, 2009
LadyWolf (Southern California desert)
Admittedly, I'm a sucker for this sort of stuff, and devour it with the same gusto with which I attack a bag of cheese puffs. I've read every one of Baldacci's novels, and while I liked "First Family" better than several of his recent outings, it still doesn't hold a candle to "Absolute Power". (None of his novels do, actually.) There's a sort of industrial competence to the whole thing which makes it generically enjoyable (like the cheese puffs) but not something you'll remember for more than a day or so.
In the service of this tale we have:
A steely-eyed ex-Secret Service alpha male private investigator
His perpetually angry kick-butt ex-Secret Service gorgeous neurotic partner (who'd rather be an alpha male)
A wildly popular JFK/Reagan-mix President who's an amoral tailhound-rapist
His cold and calculating evil amoral First Lady who covers everything up
Two saintly brilliant children, one white, one black
A not-so-saintly brilliant redneck southern kidnapper with the engineering savvy of MIT's faculty
His dimwit son
A sourpuss FBI guy who really loves kids
A cheap slut
Various background scoundrels, Indians, adulterers, and cops
Predictable, perhaps, but engaging, and I read it in two sittings. I was surprised, however, to trip over a couple of third-grade grammatical typos. (You'd think an author of Baldacci's stature would rate a competent copy editor.)
Three stars, and I'll read his next novel for sure, although I really hope it's not Michelle and Sean again. Enough already.
 First Family October 8, 2009
Lisa Beckwith (Arizona)
It started out quickly with a wow. Loved the characters of Michelle and Sean and are thrilled they are back.
Excellent!!!!
My first novel by David Baldacci October 5, 2009
JKB (MI)
Thoroughly enjoyed; could not put it down. Now reading a second book by Baldacci.
Good read but somewhat long October 1, 2009
Michael Dicarlo (Ashburn, Va USA)
This is overall a good read if you like political deception, detective/case mysteries, and action. The general plot is interesting as it involves the president and first lady, slowly revealing this throughout the book. Baldacci is a great writer who keeps the reader wanting to know what's going to happen next, taking one down various roads as the protaganists try to figure out what happens to the first lady's neice. However it seemed like there were a few superfluous sub-plots that took away from the central plot. Aside from adding more background to Michelle and Sean - two characters who appear in other novels, I'm not sure why some of these were there. On the other hand, I've yet to read the other novels in which these characters appear. Perhaps the sub-plots are part of a bigger picture Baldacci is building throughout a series of novels.
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