#andrew shaffer

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Boy, oh boy, what can I say about Hope Never Dies? This book is truly one of those “don’t judge a book by its cover” type ones. But also… please do. Aside from the blatant $3 price tag at Ollie’s Discounts, the reason why I bought this book was because of that cover. My mother and I were rolling just from the cover.

And then I read the blurb and I just knew I needed to buy this book. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that I had to have this book. I’m glad I bought it. Because I found out it also has a sequel that I’m going to need to read.

So, let me preface this by saying that I will not be letting my own political beliefs get in the way of my rating. While this book is very clearly in favor of left leaning beliefs, it does poke fun at both sides of the aisle.

This book was absolutely hilarious in that sort of Naked Gun style humor. It's on the nose about what it is, but also not. It takes itself seriously, but also doesn't. Andrew Shaffer absolutely knew what he was doing with this and it paid off, in my opinion.

Joe Biden, feeling quite down on the fact that he feels like his "best buddy" Barack has moved on from their friendship. I mean, how could he not? He keeps seeing videos of his former President out and about with all these celebrities and people surrounding him every step of the way.

Like a goddamn creature of the night, Obama comes to Joe with a warning and information about someone. Joe's favorite Amtrak driver, Finn Donnelly died after getting hit by one of the trains. And, apparently, Finn was seeking out Joe's help for something. What? They don't exactly know.

Of course, Joe wants to get the bottom of it. Finn's wife is on hospice care; his daughter is in college. He wants to get closure for them, especially once he hears that drugs might be involved. Because Finn would never do drugs, nor would he sell them.

What ensues is three hundred pages of Joe getting into every possible crevice he possibly can with his new detective partner, Obama. Dank motels, biker gangs, the potentiality of a corrupt police force. All the while, they're being babysat by one of the secret service members that's been assigned to watch over Obama; a man named Steve.

God how I wish I could describe more of this book without giving things away. It's one of those books that you just want to suggest to people, but when they ask you about it, your only response would be to "just look it up". Anything you say could spoil something.