Review of The Margin of Error
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Review of The Margin of Error
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Margin of Error" by Beverly Grasley.]
Is there a margin of error in everything we do or the choices we make? Well, Kathleen Harrington is about to find out in this political twist novel, The Margin of Error by Beverly Grasley.
Kathleen Harrington had served her country well in the U.S Army for thirty years and had retired as a Brigadier General. She was proud of her patriotism and rewarded herself by buying and settling in a three-story townhouse in a lush community behind Congress. However, before she can straighten her back for some good retirement relaxation, comes the President calling with a job offer anyone in their right mind could not refuse. He wants her to be the Secretary of Defense. After much persuasion, debate, and a patriotic spirit towards the military and her country, she happily and gladly takes up the offer.
All seems to be falling into place as she settles in her office at the Pentagon. A woman heading the entire male-dominated military division? She is literally hitting some serious milestones. All begins to go to tumbles when she gets a call in the middle of the night from a scared Colonel, the President’s aide entrusted with carrying the football that contains commands to deploy nuclear codes. The President was angry and wanted a selection made to release a nuclear warhead to North Korea. Kathleen knew she had to act fast and decisively. What decision does she make? Can she really defy the president’s orders? Does she really calculate her decisions and moves wisely? If so and if not, what are the consequences of her decisions? This is where the book’s twist begins and you have to buckle up to know how the events flow.
The novel, The Margin of Error by Beverly Grasley is a political fiction based in the United States. The novel is centered on political decisions and scenes of an everyday leader working in government. Within the texts are historical events of prior American presidents and how the decisions they made impacted their rulings. The aspect of white supremacy takes a major stance in the novel and builds to the main plot. The story is purely fiction but the political twists and the issue of white supremacy are events that happen currently in the nation and cause a lot of unrest in a nation. It also highlights the important qualities of a leader or someone in a position that needs them to be a decision-maker.
The novel is a likely intriguing read for people who love the play in the political arena as it has all kinds of political and military jargon. Suitable for people aged 13 and above due to the complexity of the political terms that needs a certain level of education. It is however not too complex for someone who has studied or has knowledge of the basic history and political background of the United States. I do not recommend this book to anyone who has no interest in political or military scenes in general.
There are a few things I like about the novel The Margin of Error . The 200-page book is easy to read and the plot flows seamlessly. It gives a sense of the writer, Beverly Grasley, either having been in the military or in-depth research was carried out when writing the book as nothing is a miss.
Having said that, there are a number of things I did not like about the book. The author was mainly centered on telling one side of the story and does not really give a full perspective of the two main characters involved. The whole story seems to aim to make a villain out of one character, without really building their background story even when they are part of the main plot. This makes the book a little predictable and monotonous. Had the writer given the spotlight to more characters in the book, there could have been better twists and turns. There are also numerous grammatical mistakes and some spelling errors that are quite unnecessarily made, indicating a lack of professional editing.
With the above argument in mind, rating the book was a steep slope. I rate the novel The Margin of Error, two out of four stars. The lack of an all-around character build-up, the easily avoidable grammatical errors, and the monotony of the story around a single plot were hard to ignore.
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The Margin of Error
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Is there a margin of error in everything we do or the choices we make? Well, Kathleen Harrington is about to find out in this political twist novel, The Margin of Error by Beverly Grasley.
Kathleen Harrington had served her country well in the U.S Army for thirty years and had retired as a Brigadier General. She was proud of her patriotism and rewarded herself by buying and settling in a three-story townhouse in a lush community behind Congress. However, before she can straighten her back for some good retirement relaxation, comes the President calling with a job offer anyone in their right mind could not refuse. He wants her to be the Secretary of Defense. After much persuasion, debate, and a patriotic spirit towards the military and her country, she happily and gladly takes up the offer.
All seems to be falling into place as she settles in her office at the Pentagon. A woman heading the entire male-dominated military division? She is literally hitting some serious milestones. All begins to go to tumbles when she gets a call in the middle of the night from a scared Colonel, the President’s aide entrusted with carrying the football that contains commands to deploy nuclear codes. The President was angry and wanted a selection made to release a nuclear warhead to North Korea. Kathleen knew she had to act fast and decisively. What decision does she make? Can she really defy the president’s orders? Does she really calculate her decisions and moves wisely? If so and if not, what are the consequences of her decisions? This is where the book’s twist begins and you have to buckle up to know how the events flow.
The novel, The Margin of Error by Beverly Grasley is a political fiction based in the United States. The novel is centered on political decisions and scenes of an everyday leader working in government. Within the texts are historical events of prior American presidents and how the decisions they made impacted their rulings. The aspect of white supremacy takes a major stance in the novel and builds to the main plot. The story is purely fiction but the political twists and the issue of white supremacy are events that happen currently in the nation and cause a lot of unrest in a nation. It also highlights the important qualities of a leader or someone in a position that needs them to be a decision-maker.
The novel is a likely intriguing read for people who love the play in the political arena as it has all kinds of political and military jargon. Suitable for people aged 13 and above due to the complexity of the political terms that needs a certain level of education. It is however not too complex for someone who has studied or has knowledge of the basic history and political background of the United States. I do not recommend this book to anyone who has no interest in political or military scenes in general.
There are a few things I like about the novel The Margin of Error . The 200-page book is easy to read and the plot flows seamlessly. It gives a sense of the writer, Beverly Grasley, either having been in the military or in-depth research was carried out when writing the book as nothing is a miss.
Having said that, there are a number of things I did not like about the book. The author was mainly centered on telling one side of the story and does not really give a full perspective of the two main characters involved. The whole story seems to aim to make a villain out of one character, without really building their background story even when they are part of the main plot. This makes the book a little predictable and monotonous. Had the writer given the spotlight to more characters in the book, there could have been better twists and turns. There are also numerous grammatical mistakes and some spelling errors that are quite unnecessarily made, indicating a lack of professional editing.
With the above argument in mind, rating the book was a steep slope. I rate the novel The Margin of Error, two out of four stars. The lack of an all-around character build-up, the easily avoidable grammatical errors, and the monotony of the story around a single plot were hard to ignore.
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The Margin of Error
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