Russell Razzaque

We The People: A Premonition was a major disappointment. I went in expecting a political thriller but instead found what reads more like a manifesto on how to overthrow the government. Written as if it were non-fiction, the book casts President Trump and his administration as the villains.

The writing itself isn’t terrible, but the absence of quotation marks makes dialogue confusing. More importantly, the narrative devolves into opinionated fearmongering rather than thoughtful storytelling. show more It’s yet another example of how a few individuals can spread fear and hate based on opinion rather than fact.

I cannot recommend a book that seeks to divide this country even further than it already is. show less

I need to start by saying that I am neither Democratic nor Republican, I am an American.
All this book is about is two authors and maybe some followers writing a dire message about how bad our government is and how "The People" can go about change through an AI enhanced group. It is a solllicitation using the story to scare people into buying the book and joining their movement.
I will say that the story is well written with good character descriptions and is quite up to date with some of the show more things happening in America today.
Is it worth reading? No, even though the 20 reviews on Amazon highly praise it.
I was also suprised that the book is on LT's Early Reviewer's list at the same time it is on Amazon for $4,99. Guess I got a cheap read.

Please keep in mind that reviews are like rectums, some stink and some don't. show less

How much do you think about the United States government?
We the People: A Premonition is a glimpse into what happens when we, the people, do not understand the politics of America. The President has convinced his people that living in an autocratic system is better than living in a democracy.
The story begins with an AI prediction that a climate crisis will be the end of humans and life on Earth.
Leo Montoya, a reclusive millionaire, has created a community of like-minded individuals who show more disagree with the new regime. He recruits Luna Ochoa, a former FBI analyst, and Jake Kessler, a former writer fired by Florida News for exposing government corruption, to help rebuild a society based on the Athenian model of democracy.
Luna is introduced in the novel along with her brother Juan, who is frequently mentioned but whose character does not undergo significant development. We learn that Leo thinks highly of Luna. For me, her character also seemed underdeveloped. Her role seemed to be to repeat all the things that the administration was doing to destroy democracy.
The ending seemed unreal, as the antagonists suddenly realized their plight and joined everyone in trying to escape the impending disaster. This is after they try to kill everyone.
We the People: A Premonition is a warning cry that democracy is fragile. For democracy, read this book. show less

This book was definitely interesting and I found it amusing just how closely it parallels some of what is currently happening here in the United States. I can only assume this was done on purpose because it does not really attempt to hide that fact either even though it does not use any names for many of the government higher ups, including the fictional president who is behind what is going on. Keeping that in mind I want to congratulate the authors for being bold enough to speak out show more themselves about this even if in a fictional format. Time to focus on the story itself though. I enjoyed reading this and it was a pretty good story that was decently well written. There were a few things that I found I didn’t like that much though. A big one was just how fast everything developed in the story. I know that events like the ones depicted actually can accelerate and happen this fast but that was not necessarily where I saw the problem. My issue was that in these circumstances shown I highly doubt people would trust each other as fast and as easily as they did, even if you knew each other previously. I was a little concerned about that one because I wouldn’t trust that fast and it really seemed rushed here. Another one was that there were some plotlines that were not wrapped up by the end of the book that seemed rather important all things considered. I would not normally consider that an issue if it seemed like there would be a sequel, which it did not. Don’t get me wrong though as the book was good and had an extremely compelling story with some pretty interesting characters. It seemed highly believable as well considering everything actually going on. show less