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Reviewed by Faridah Nassozi for Readers' Favorite
What Makes It Worthy by David Paul Kuhn is a fictional story about political campaigns and the role played by the media. Two candidates, each worthy in their own right, race for the highest office in America. Both candidates have their strengths and skeletons and they are competing neck to neck. However, their success or failure will greatly be determined by the journalists who have followed them around since the primaries and are endlessly digging for any newsworthy aspect of their lives. What the journalists report is of huge influence on how the public sees a candidate. However, even these journalists have their own messy lives and Caitriona and Taylor are exactly that kind. The two discovered something special and are beautiful for each other, but all is not well as Caitriona is already in a committed relationship and her professional life is facing a major scandal. So, on top of covering the candidates and digging for stories, they have to sort out the mess they have made of their lives.
What Makes It Worthy by David Paul Kuhn is a one of a kind political thriller that portrays the extent to which the media influences and shapes politics, especially at the campaign stage when rumors and conspiracy theories blur the line between perception and reality. It also shows how the internet has changed the way in which stories are reported and the speed at which news circulates, further giving the media an upper hand. At the end of the day, running a successful campaign will be a careful game of balancing what a candidate stands for and how their team can manipulate the media to their side at the opponent's expense. While much of it is a fictional story, it truly portrays the current intermarriage between politics and the media, and David Paul Kuhn's knowledge on the subject clearly comes out throughout the book. It is an incredibly well written story and fans of political drama with a touch of romance will have a thrilling reading experience.