This! There is so much research at the end that it is clear that the author looked a lot of these facts up before writing. It's concerning that a female author had to look up so much information about common sense sex education and then assumed that her audience was as ignorant as herself. Then after the excessive sex research there is no research in regards to the technical aspect of the book and it shows through her writing.
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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Absolutely! In order to write with any measure of authority on such technocal aspects, there is need for rigorous reseach. However concerning the general cluelessness on everyday things, thats one big illogical flaw.
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Everything else that was extremely basic that the characters couldn't grasp, well, I might just chop that up to the author assuming certain age groups are unaware or ignorant of certain things, though with them being younger individuals in a modern world it doesn't exactly line up. . .
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I agree with you. It annoys me and makes the characters seem highly unrealistic. However, it also depends on whether the lack of knowledge affects the plot in any way.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 agreeNisha Ward wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 08:24Pretty much and it was the wrong move because in doing so it just highlighted all of the book's flaws.Ferdinand_otieno wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 07:33I think the author tried to push the story along without paying attention to the character profiles.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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What makes it even more frustrating is that all of this seems unnecessary. Cynthia could easily have persuaded the senator to get Twitter on board with working with them to bring down the accounts.Tomah wrote: ↑21 Jul 2019, 09:10 Indeed, I have to wonder what was even the point of getting Tim aboard given how clueless he is. The extreme competence and caution he displayed in his first meeting with Cynthia makes him far more suited to be a spy than a hacker, but neither makes much sense if you consider his background in computer science (with a specialization in game development, not computer security or anything remotely close) and history. Even then, the fact that he seems surprised about things like automated Twitter accounts is quite absurd.
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I thought the same thing! It struck me as odd that she has a job that requires her to stay very current with technology, but that currency wasn't demonstrated in her character outside of the office. She checks her bosses office for bugs every day but when someone keeps showing up out the blue wherever she is she doesn't even consider she's being tracked? It seemed a little sloppy.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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Exactly my concerns Also did you notice how Cynthia forgot whether it was Friday or Saturday? One time she was checking all the corners of the Senator's room for spying devices and installing maximum security and next she could not remember what day it was, didn't even check the calendar, assumed it was Saturday and decided to chill and turns on the TVNisha 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?