This post will be my final thoughts on House of Cards by Michael Dobbs. I had a few more posts planned, but I ended up finishing the book ahead of schedule. So I'm going to wrap it up now. I also want to avoid spoiling what happens in the later chapters. It was a shock …
House of Cards: Part 12
As hard as Henry Collingridge had been trying to hold his party together, his career just couldn't handle this latest scandal. Whether or not he and his brother are guilty of the financial dealings of which they were accused. Collingridge meets with his cabinet to discuss his resignation. He tells them exactly what he's going …
House of Cards: Part 11
Enough of the buildup, it's time for Francis Urquhart's plan to finally fall into place. Henry Collingridge takes the worst timed after-breakfast walk of his career at the beginning of this section. He left before his secretary was about to give him some pretty bad news. Instead, he finds out from a stranger's copy of …
I saw Book Club and I need to talk about it.
content warning: This post mentions some sexual themes, including sexual assault/rape. If that's something that you want to avoid, I'd advise you to click away. This post is going to deviate a little from my usual style. I usually stick to books on this blog, sometimes talking about adaptations of books. This time, I'm talking about …
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House of Cards: Part 10
After that meeting, we take some time to check on Mattie. After her editor rejected her story, she decided to go drink with Charles Collingridge. She also genuinely thinks that Francis Urquhart is her friend and is trying to help her. I don't know how many times I've said this before, and I'm starting to …
House of Cards: Part 9
Patrick Woolton has an abrupt meeting with Francis Urquhart. It seems like it's not a good thing to have a surprise meeting with the Cheif Whip. In fact, Woolton seems to have a guilty conscience, considering that his first assumption is that Urquhart discovered some kind of dirt on him. It turns out that what Urquhart …
House of Cards: Part 8
Mattie is at a loss as to what to do. Her editor rejected her story outright, leaving her with nothing. If she wants any hope of getting her story published, she has to find some way to verify the source of the poll. Kevin Spence is the man to talk to for more information about …
House of Cards: Part 7
This may be the seventh part of my review, but this is only the second part of the book. I was originally planning to review part 1 in its entirety as a single post, but as you can probably guess, there was a bit too much information to really do that. Just as promised, all …
House of Cards: Part 6
Urquhart is running out of time as Parliament nears its summer recess. He needs to set the final gears in motion before everyone leaves for vacation.The politicians that can actually pay attention to their jobs are using everyone else's lethargy to their advantage. There isn't that much time to debate, and on top of that, there's …
House of Cards: part 5
After that... Interesting interview, Urquhart continues his shady dealings. Nice days after the interview, Urquhart invites O'Neill to St. James' street club, which is a pretty exclusive place for politicians. To O'Neill, this invitation represents his "rising eminence in the Party." Still, he decides to drink both before and during his lunch with Urquhart. Either …
