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The Superpower
The US has a very strange president with a cult-like following. His skin is a tad orange and his hair looks like plastic. Evidence starts to emerge that he is actually a space alien in disguise. But the stronger the evidence gets, the more his base believe it’s fake news. is your president an alien in disguise, or just a very damaged human? What is his superpower? Who can tell? You certainly can’t if you don’t read this book.
137 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 23, 2020
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June 1, 2023
THE SUPERPOWER is a spoof trying to be a farce or perhaps a satire. Either way, it is not succeeding. Although it contains the usual disclaimer — "The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author." — you would have had to be living under a rock for the past seven or eight years not to recognize Donald Trump and his cadre of crazies. Mr. Machanick has altered the names of the various minions in and out of the White House, but who they are remains crystal clear.
I rather like the idea of Trump… er Jack being an alien; that alone made the story somewhat enjoyable. The strange spelling of words like colour and flavour make it obvious that it was written by someone conversant with the King's English. It was however published when the UK still had a Queen. Checking the copywrite made that clear.
THE SUPERPOWER manages to encapsulate much of President "Jack's" term in office. Orange PAFA (Put America First Again) hats, lock them up, storm the White House, open carry (protect the Second Amendment), and, of course, Twitter wars. I'm thinking that using Jack as a replacement for Trump is a not so veiled reference to his being a jackass.
Why I am drawn to reading books such as this is beyond me. I really wish I could just forget the years 2015 to 2021, but spoofs, farces and satires keep cropping up. To be fair, I do also read the tell-all books written by journalists and people on both sides of the political spectrum. So good, bad, or indifferent, I guess I will keep on reading stuff like this hoping for a laugh.
I rather like the idea of Trump… er Jack being an alien; that alone made the story somewhat enjoyable. The strange spelling of words like colour and flavour make it obvious that it was written by someone conversant with the King's English. It was however published when the UK still had a Queen. Checking the copywrite made that clear.
THE SUPERPOWER manages to encapsulate much of President "Jack's" term in office. Orange PAFA (Put America First Again) hats, lock them up, storm the White House, open carry (protect the Second Amendment), and, of course, Twitter wars. I'm thinking that using Jack as a replacement for Trump is a not so veiled reference to his being a jackass.
Why I am drawn to reading books such as this is beyond me. I really wish I could just forget the years 2015 to 2021, but spoofs, farces and satires keep cropping up. To be fair, I do also read the tell-all books written by journalists and people on both sides of the political spectrum. So good, bad, or indifferent, I guess I will keep on reading stuff like this hoping for a laugh.
February 9, 2021
I enjoyed this book. The subtle, allegoric commentary on the state of affairs in current American politics is highly creative and effective, and the humour was spot on. In my view, these are without a doubt the best parts of the story.
I thought the prose was a bit bareboned. It mostly just describes what happens, often using very short sentences, without much reference to physical descriptions, the inner thoughts and feelings of characters, or any more subtle interactions. It does make for easy and fast-paced reading, but at the cost of a lack of immersion, and it also makes it more difficult sometimes to keep track of the characters' identities and even events in the story - I found that I often had to backtrack a bit when I started reading again after two days ("Who is this guy again? Oh yeah the FBI agent.")
Plotwise, there is nothing much wrong with it. A high-stakes investigative story with some action thrown in, promising to deliver something dramatic in the end. The end was unexpected but a bit unsatisfying - perhaps ending too soon. Still, a light and entertaining read with just a dash of food for thought presented in a humorous setting.
I thought the prose was a bit bareboned. It mostly just describes what happens, often using very short sentences, without much reference to physical descriptions, the inner thoughts and feelings of characters, or any more subtle interactions. It does make for easy and fast-paced reading, but at the cost of a lack of immersion, and it also makes it more difficult sometimes to keep track of the characters' identities and even events in the story - I found that I often had to backtrack a bit when I started reading again after two days ("Who is this guy again? Oh yeah the FBI agent.")
Plotwise, there is nothing much wrong with it. A high-stakes investigative story with some action thrown in, promising to deliver something dramatic in the end. The end was unexpected but a bit unsatisfying - perhaps ending too soon. Still, a light and entertaining read with just a dash of food for thought presented in a humorous setting.
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