What do you think about the characters' naivete re technology and basic science?
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Re: What do you think about the characters' naivete re technology and basic science?
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This was confusing to me as well. I don't know if the author wanted cluelessness to be a flaw in her character or if he genuinely believes some women don't know how pregnancy happens.Stephanie Elizabeth wrote: ↑14 Jun 2019, 12:21I agree with you about Cynthia's lack of common sense. Unless she has been living under a rock for her whole life, how can she forget that unprotected sex causes pregnancy? Even scarier, STDs! The fact that she had no idea what Plan B was confused me. Why was her character made to be so clueless?Nisha Ward wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 16:32 In reading this book, I've found some very weird bits that don't make sense in a modern context. When Sky first meets Cynthia, he assumes that she doesn't know what a smart phone is and then Cynthia doesn't seem to understand basic things like sex leading to pregnancy and what Plan B is and how abortificents work. Furthermore, I've also found this with Tim, who's supposed to be this geeky, nerdy guy into computer science and technology not knowing how to hide IP addresses or how computers can connect wirelessly.
In the context of the book, neither of these things make any sense. What do you guys think? Were there other examples of this?
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I think the author was using it as a teaching moment for the audience because she has a supplemental about it in the back of the book, but it fell flat because it really didn't work in the context in which it was written.Juliana_Isabella wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 11:09This was confusing to me as well. I don't know if the author wanted cluelessness to be a flaw in her character or if he genuinely believes some women don't know how pregnancy happens.Stephanie Elizabeth wrote: ↑14 Jun 2019, 12:21I agree with you about Cynthia's lack of common sense. Unless she has been living under a rock for her whole life, how can she forget that unprotected sex causes pregnancy? Even scarier, STDs! The fact that she had no idea what Plan B was confused me. Why was her character made to be so clueless?Nisha Ward wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 16:32 In reading this book, I've found some very weird bits that don't make sense in a modern context. When Sky first meets Cynthia, he assumes that she doesn't know what a smart phone is and then Cynthia doesn't seem to understand basic things like sex leading to pregnancy and what Plan B is and how abortificents work. Furthermore, I've also found this with Tim, who's supposed to be this geeky, nerdy guy into computer science and technology not knowing how to hide IP addresses or how computers can connect wirelessly.
In the context of the book, neither of these things make any sense. What do you guys think? Were there other examples of this?
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Definitely. There were a lot of ways to go with the cyber stuff but code breaking and hacking were all we were shown and not much of it either.Dragonsend wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 20:46 Being the Head of Security for a Senator in Washington DC who is raging a cyber war on terrorists. The whole premise of this book, yet such superficial characters that coupled with a lack of more intricate details concerning that war other than basic code breaking, not very realistic.
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I agree with you both. I think even people living under the rock these days know that unprotected sex result in pregnancy.Stephanie Elizabeth wrote: ↑14 Jun 2019, 12:21I agree with you about Cynthia's lack of common sense. Unless she has been living under a rock for her whole life, how can she forget that unprotected sex causes pregnancy? Even scarier, STDs! The fact that she had no idea what Plan B was confused me. Why was her character made to be so clueless?Nisha Ward wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 16:32 In reading this book, I've found some very weird bits that don't make sense in a modern context. When Sky first meets Cynthia, he assumes that she doesn't know what a smart phone is and then Cynthia doesn't seem to understand basic things like sex leading to pregnancy and what Plan B is and how abortificents work. Furthermore, I've also found this with Tim, who's supposed to be this geeky, nerdy guy into computer science and technology not knowing how to hide IP addresses or how computers can connect wirelessly.
In the context of the book, neither of these things make any sense. What do you guys think? Were there other examples of this?
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Yeah. The fact that she is clueless about a baby but smart about being part of a cyber war raises some questions.briellejee wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 04:33 I agree with you about Cynthia's character being clueless in most things. Surely, a woman of her "intelligence" (considering she's part of the cyberwar plan), knows that babies don't come out just because. I guess these plotholes were overlooked. But then again, this being bordered on technological aspects, have no excuse for that, because, I mean, duh? It is such an obvious flaw.
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All in all, I believe the book could have used someone to go through it and hammer out the details of some of these plot elements.Nisha Ward wrote: ↑22 Jun 2019, 07:51Definitely. There were a lot of ways to go with the cyber stuff but code breaking and hacking were all we were shown and not much of it either.Dragonsend wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 20:46 Being the Head of Security for a Senator in Washington DC who is raging a cyber war on terrorists. The whole premise of this book, yet such superficial characters that coupled with a lack of more intricate details concerning that war other than basic code breaking, not very realistic.
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I agree. Some plotholes can be overlooked, but this part just doesn't make any sense, and her naiveté can easily be perceived as unbelievable instead of whatever the purpose the author had in mind...briellejee wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 04:33 I agree with you about Cynthia's character being clueless in most things. Surely, a woman of her "intelligence" (considering she's part of the cyberwar plan), knows that babies don't come out just because. I guess these plotholes were overlooked. But then again, this being bordered on technological aspects, have no excuse for that, because, I mean, duh? It is such an obvious flaw.
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And to think that her naiveté doesn't suit her job is something I find frustrating.Lunastella wrote: ↑24 Jun 2019, 11:43I agree. Some plotholes can be overlooked, but this part just doesn't make any sense, and her naiveté can easily be perceived as unbelievable instead of whatever the purpose the author had in mind...briellejee wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 04:33 I agree with you about Cynthia's character being clueless in most things. Surely, a woman of her "intelligence" (considering she's part of the cyberwar plan), knows that babies don't come out just because. I guess these plotholes were overlooked. But then again, this being bordered on technological aspects, have no excuse for that, because, I mean, duh? It is such an obvious flaw.
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It is infuriating whenever I remember this. This is definitely some poor writing of one's characters. Tsk.aolayide wrote: ↑22 Jun 2019, 15:48Yeah. The fact that she is clueless about a baby but smart about being part of a cyber war raises some questions.briellejee wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 04:33 I agree with you about Cynthia's character being clueless in most things. Surely, a woman of her "intelligence" (considering she's part of the cyberwar plan), knows that babies don't come out just because. I guess these plotholes were overlooked. But then again, this being bordered on technological aspects, have no excuse for that, because, I mean, duh? It is such an obvious flaw.