I agree. It would have even made more sense if one of her men acted as her boyfriend. Besides, knowing they had a lab at the back of a shop, couldn't they make sure the front was manned at all times?ohlendorfbe wrote: ↑16 Dec 2019, 12:17 I think this book is too simplistically written to be believable. Everything goes well too easily for the protagonists. Sue Rhee-jin and her group are too inept, or they were trained really poorly when Steve meets her and sees right through her cover. I hadn't thought of it as a spoof before reading the above comments, but I think you could be onto something!!
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Absolutely. I thought it was a misnomer to be categorized as a romance novel. Maybe a cozy mystery, a book that's fun to read but not too serious. Seeing it in that light, I loved itdjr6090 wrote: ↑14 Dec 2019, 09:26Yep. It's the reader's fault if they take this kind of pulp-fiction to heart.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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Exactly! I realized it somehow, planning an attack needs a lot of study and geographical matters is the number one on the list.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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I came to the same conclusion. I was just expecting too much of this book when I shouldn't.cpru68 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2019, 01:06 I didn’t really take the book seriously, and I don’t know if I was supposed to. A couple is on their honeymoon trying to stop a terroristic attack and conveniently the new bride’s brother is a government official. None of it felt realistic to me and was pretty predictable. Bad guys lose. Good guys win.
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I have a lot of questions about that, why did the team USA never contact the police in the first place? It seems that Honduras doesn't know what's going on in their own place. The coordination between the team and the CIA are okay, but the team did not coordinate well with the local authorities.[Danielle] wrote: ↑25 Dec 2019, 12:45 I believe that the simplicity of solving the problem and "getting the bad guys" was completely unrealistic. However, as I don't know much about that aspect of the world, the part that bothered me even more was the relationships/interactions between characters. All of the character interactions seemed unrealistic to me.
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It seems that every character is in haste as well as the author. All I felt after reading the book was the climax was also in haste; the climax deteriorates abruptly.
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Yes, the plotline was very convenient for the characters.
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I don't know much about the low enforcement aspect of the story but still, it seemed very unrealistic that untrained civilians would be so cable to go against terrorists.[Danielle] wrote: ↑25 Dec 2019, 12:45 I believe that the simplicity of solving the problem and "getting the bad guys" was completely unrealistic. However, as I don't know much about that aspect of the world, the part that bothered me even more was the relationships/interactions between characters. All of the character interactions seemed unrealistic to me.
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I really want to believe it is not simple.
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