This was an amazing thriller and I was not expecting to become attached to so many characters (once I was able to actually follow who everyone was, thanks to looking at a guide online and rewinding the audiobook a few times). I ended up enjoying many of the characters I at first did not care for and that honestly makes sense given a large theme of this novel is surrounding judgement and perception of character. 

I also know this is fiction and the portrayal of the government would obviously be bias but nonetheless I learned a lot about international relationships and diplomacy and also just how what we see and hear is nowhere near what is all going down at a given point in time. 

The only issue I had with the book was especially in the first third, there were way too many repeated mentions of “the mess of the previous administration” which regardless of  political views just did not always fit into the narrative flow.