I do believe that authors often tell us without showing us. I missed the links as I did the audio version of this book. But I agree with you. It can be viewed as a filler. I usually research on my own if there was intriguing subject mentioned in the book.
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Re: Thoughts on the Henry Haven-Harbinger section? (Possible spoilers)
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I think I agree with you. Although it had some needed background, the book could still be complete without it.vermontelf wrote: ↑02 Dec 2019, 08:20 I think this section gave some needed background, but it could have been used more or given another way. I enjoyed this section, but the book would have been sufficient without it too.
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To make it seem less random, the author probably could have included more from those characters scattered throughout the book.
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I think everybody is missing the real purpose of this section, which was to basically try to sneak in some background information so that we wouldn't be confused while reading about some of the stuff in the bookReynaa wrote: ↑01 Dec 2019, 15:02 I did like this section and thought it was pretty enlightening, though the whole segment doesn't seem to go with the rest of the book. I thought the character of Dr. Kinney was built up but then didn't really go anywhere afterwards.
I enjoyed the link for readers to find out more about CME and the NASA photo. That was unique.
Did you enjoy this section? Does it feel like it belongs in the book? Do you think it seems random?
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Yes, I think the author could have included this information better but it was very useful to me at least.Kaylee123 wrote: ↑02 Jan 2020, 13:18 Although it did seem random, I think it was necessary to include this portion of the book. It gave the reader insight into how serious the terrorist attack could be. I thought it was a unique way to get the information across.
To make it seem less random, the author probably could have included more from those characters scattered throughout the book.
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I agree that section provided me a lot of information about the topics of the bookArielKiaira wrote: ↑08 Jan 2020, 00:25I think everybody is missing the real purpose of this section, which was to basically try to sneak in some background information so that we wouldn't be confused while reading about some of the stuff in the bookReynaa wrote: ↑01 Dec 2019, 15:02 I did like this section and thought it was pretty enlightening, though the whole segment doesn't seem to go with the rest of the book. I thought the character of Dr. Kinney was built up but then didn't really go anywhere afterwards.
I enjoyed the link for readers to find out more about CME and the NASA photo. That was unique.
Did you enjoy this section? Does it feel like it belongs in the book? Do you think it seems random?
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I wish she had developed the rest of the story as well, maybe background on characters and relationships. More detail toward the middle and end of the book.
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