The First Gentleman: A Thriller

Really enjoyed this book, even though the main culprit seemed pretty obvious about a third of the way into the book. Overall, fun story, good writing, and several twists and turns.

In today’s chaotic world, it was a book based on belief with great twists of intrigue. It was very entertaining, one of those I can’t put a book down.

Really enjoyed this book - fast moving - slightly confusing as to why certain info didn’t reach the right parties before the trial and why Cole wasn’t asked on the stand about his flight and secret meeting with Garret after Maddy found out about it. But overall very entertaining.

The story is presented at an even pace and keeps you in the loop as events unfold.The courtroom drama and dialog are top notch.Investigative reporting is enlightening for everyone.

Characters are well written, the draw you into the plotlines. The become people you want to know moreAnd more about. Two plotlines developAnd each draws the reader in. After twists and turns each is revealed and and well resolved. This reader found Patterson and Clinton thriller a great summer read!Th

I loved this story. It kept me guessing through most of the book. I wish our government would do this for us. I can clearly see the ideals President Clinton had a hand in.

Madam President has to stay steadfast keeping her Job number one on her list. Her husband is accused of a 20 year old murder and everything points towards guilt. A tangled web of deceit and lies hangs him in the press. A lawyer and her husband develop a novel convinced of his guilt. But the plot twists. Excellent flow of action keeping you intrigued. Story leads me to understand the political process a tad more and job description more while stirring the embers of my disgust with such a private process.

Thoroughly enjoyable! The pace of the story was very good, the story unfolded with plenty of surprises and built to a crecendo to a ending that was extremely satisfying! Good triumphs and evil is trounced!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I'd give it 4.5 stars but that doesn't work. I figured out the near ending early in the story but that's just me. Just as insurmountable is the acceptable spelling.Fast paced, great story. I wonder if Brea will be back?

I have read all three books that they did together. I liked this one the least. The other two were five stars. This one was a slow starter and I was not fond of the short chapters that kept you moving from one place to another. Just did not have the forward, cohesive movement of the other two.

This book was fabulous. Very well written. It was thrilling and had lots of twists and turns. I enjoyed the first book written by these authors and this one was even better. I hope there is another book in the works!

As always, I always enjoy reading a James Patterson book. It was entertaining, but this time, I guessed the ending halfway through the book. However, I still couldn't wait to finish it and see how all the threads were pulled together. It didn't disappoint.

Patterson hits another one out of the park! You feel like you can reach out and touch the characters, they are so real and the story timely. And Congress, sit up and pay attention to the "Grand Bargain".

I’ve waited to read this book for quite some time when it finally came out and began reading at the first day was not disappointed in one page literally one of his betterI usually don’t write reviews, but I couldn’t help if this was really well done

I have not read Patterson in many years. Read a review of this book and decided to read it. Wow! What a wild ride! Many stories going on at once. I really and truly could not put it down. Doesn't matter what political views you have this book covers many issues and the White House factor is very well done. Highly recommend!

I wish this story could be fact not fiction. A female President with honor and integrity. A way forward instead of this horrendous slide into another dark age. The book is well written and gripping. Perhaps a little bit simplistic but with a powerful set of characters and a pleasing ending. I read it in one day, so put aside everything else when you open the cover.

This book was definitely a disappointment compared to the last two by these two gentlemen. I have been looking forward to this release for quite some time, but it did not live up to my expectations of the writers. Without giving too much away,The ending was rather predictable because it’s been used in many other books as to who the guilt party was.

The First Gentleman is a brilliant collaboration between Bill Clinton and James Patterson and the best yet in the series. The story is riveting from page one to the final page, the writing is precise and flawless. You are drawn to the truth of what you are reading. The story is cleverly laid out, and the characters drawn with depth and believability. These two authors are a perfect complement to one another. When I finished reading that final 466th page, I knew I had read the best book of 2025.

This is the first James Patterson book I've read and WOW am I impressed! Riveting story, fast paced, not too graphically violent, twists I didn't see coming, wonderful ending. Great characters, I loved them all, so real. And the short chapters really made reading a 400+ word book fly by. I could hardly put it down when everyday life intruded. I'm so happy I finally gave Mr Patterson a try and now I'm heading down the Patterson rabbit hole, so many books, so little time. The First Gentleman was a wonderful read and great start to what has become my Patterson obsession. I hope this book becomes a movie.

I read this in one sitting that included a 3 hour nap. I couldn’t put it down. There were a lot of characters but the writers always gave a little snippet of who they were so I didn’t have to create a chart of names.The only thing I can say that I didn’t like was the story of Garrett. I would much prefer he had been there all along. CryI did love the president’s economic plan. It’s opposite of what’s happening now and it sounds like a DREAM. I’d vote for President Wright!

These two, Bill and Jim, when they get together in a book are just synergistically outstanding. You can see how their thoughts formed the characters and plot by intricately locking together ideas that are better combined than apart. For example, the political concept of First Gentleman has been in BC's mind for many years as Hilary has beaten herself up at that wall, but combine that with JP's unrelenting plot drama of the POTUS spouse being on trial for murder and such a juggernaut of action roars that this joyous reader hung on screaming for 400+ pages. I can see them laughing and serious as they mix and unmatch scenes and personalities to get and give maximum bang for my entertainment buck, but there is even more to tantalize: an idea how America can get out of the economic mess we are in, started when BC and Al Gore were in office and the concept was emerging fast and hard that we need to establish a new way to resolve our social conscience needs with our revenue stream to meet the new demands of our planet and our people. We need to lead AND follow unique ideas and people to, well, save us all. And wouldn't that be the best way to finish this tale, by EVERYBODY being able to live "happily ever after?". Works for me!