I agree with you on this. The book doesn't sounds fictious and no actions are convincing enough.Everydayadventure15 wrote: ↑10 Dec 2019, 10:57 My take on this book was that it’s more of a mockery of a real event that could happen, but probably won’t (think funny movie like McHale’s navy or Paul Blart Mall cop). The incompetent bad guys and everything working out for the good guys made for a light-hearted comedic thriller for me.
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I think it still makes for an enjoyable read but probably doesn't appeal to people looking for a serious thriller that comes across as more realistic.Hannalore wrote: ↑22 Jan 2020, 12:39I agree with you on this. The book doesn't sounds fictious and no actions are convincing enough.Everydayadventure15 wrote: ↑10 Dec 2019, 10:57 My take on this book was that it’s more of a mockery of a real event that could happen, but probably won’t (think funny movie like McHale’s navy or Paul Blart Mall cop). The incompetent bad guys and everything working out for the good guys made for a light-hearted comedic thriller for me.
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I agree with you. Strangely though, this is one of the better parts of the book, in my opinion. I liked the chemistry between Steve and Su-jin. In a different story I could see Su-jin sabotaging the plan herself and becoming the hero of the book. This would include a lot of self-conflict and a romance with Steve, of course.Helene_2008 wrote: ↑10 Dec 2019, 10:48 I agree that they were several things about the terrorists I found unbelievable. When Steve is talking to Rhee Su-jin at breakfast and she messes up her cover by not begging about to answer his questions correctly about where she lived in California. She's supposed to be highly trained and best of the best! Then when Dear Leader forgot/ didn't know which coast NYC and Washington DC were on. How could you plot a terrorist attack and not be familiar with the country's geography.
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Yes! And why did Steve not call in backup? For such a serious threat it seemed strange that he would not want to immediately tell his supervisors about what is going on. You would think that he would want help from his CIA buddies.Juliana_Isabella wrote: ↑09 Jan 2020, 18:04I definitely agree. The cop is already hardly believable, but including his wife pushed it over the edge for me. There's no way that someone untrained (with no security clearance) would be allowed to participate when terrorists are involved.
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Not to mention the times that Kelly was involved she was super uncomfortable. She was pushed into doing things she didn't feel like she could do, such as break into the computer lab. I didn't know that majoring in computer science now equals being a hacker. Where does Tom get that idea? And, isn't Tom the one who hacked into the rental agency to find out about the cars?Oliver_books wrote: ↑17 Jan 2020, 07:18 There were several moments when I was seriously questioning how realistic some actions were. The most inconsistent one was definitely Kelly and Tom being in any way involved in this international investigation since they had no credentials to do so. Kelly was literally just a civilian and Tom, a policeman out of his jurisdiction.
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