To be honest, this was the best book I ever picked from a charity shop. It definitely brought me out of my reading slump despite taking half a year to read (I’m slow). However taking it on a trip definitely brought me back to it.

I loved the plot and didn’t expect the third member of The Three to be who it was. Wes overall was someone I fell in love with. Boyle on the other hand confused me with the random pieces of info thrown into the story.

Would defo recommend this to anyone who loves a mystery/Political type book. ( )

(2006)Very good thriller. Publishers WeeklySet against a backdrop of Oval Office corruption, bestseller Meltzer's overblown thriller opens with a frantic assassination attempt on President Leland Manning, who manages to elude the gunfire. Manning's deputy chief of staff, Ron Boyle, is killed, and his top aide, the cocky, ambitious Wes Holloway, is left facially disfigured. Eight years later, his motivation and confidence drained by his handicap, Holloway still toils away for the out-of-office Manning, fetching refreshments and handling the daily social calendar. On a goodwill junket to Malaysia, however, Holloway spots Boyle, surgically altered, but unmistakably the same man who was supposed to be dead and gone. From this turning point, Meltzer (The Zero Game) follows Holloway step by excruciatingly slow step as he tries to find out what really happened eight years earlier. Authentic details about Washington politics and historical mysteries enliven the predictable path. While readers looking for efficient plotting may be disappointed, Meltzer's many fans will enjoy this substantial meal of a book.

Kinda turned me off about halfway through and I lost interest. ( )

The Book of Fate is a story involving American history. Brad Meltzer seems to really like Thomas Jefferson, The Founding Fathers, The Freemasons, and religion. He wound a modern day story tying all of these historical people and groups into a thriller story. Unfortunately, the story was not one that encouraged one to want to root for certain characters and against others even though there were clear good people and self serving bad people. Only 3 1/2 stars were given to this review. ( )

Starts off with a bang and then fizzles. Plot threads that are not adequately "defined", with unknown characters. Not enough action, just a lot of confusion on the part of the narrator (and the reader).