（非）人氣投票

The political maneuvering in this one feels scarily real—that Vaseline-on-the-teeth detail alone had me cringing and nodding at the same time. Mark’s arc from his father’s shadow to his own campaign is gripping, and I flew through the last hundred pages without stopping.

This book nails the behind-the-scenes grime of politics, and that opening scene with the Vaseline trick set the tone perfectly. The way it digs into how Mark’s father shaped his worldview kept me flipping pages way past midnight.

The Vaseline-on-the-teeth detail alone is such a sharp, sly way to show how cheap political optics really are, and Adams’s father-driven backstory makes it hit even harder. I flew through this in two sittings because every scene felt like a backroom deal I shouldn’t be witnessing.