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alykat_reads 's review for:
The Lion's Game
by Nelson DeMille
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Did DeMille have inside info on 9/11 or what? I remember it from Plum Island too, it felt really odd that he kept making references to terrorist attacks to the Twin Towers when it hadn't happened yet as these books were published prior to 2001.
This had the same smart-ass remarks from Corey as in the last book, which did sort of start to grate on me in this one. Sometimes it's well-timed comedic relief, but the rest of the time it gets old. Perhaps I'm more aware than I had been in previous years (and Plum Island didn't revolve around Islamic 'terrorists') but the Islamophobia and straight racism in this book was so bothersome. Idk how many times I had to read someone calling Khalil a 'camel-fucker', like okay it gets old after the first 10 times.
There was some acknowledgment here of 'where does the killing stop' and how someone is always retaliating against the previous attack, but I still felt the air of "the US is never the bad guy" in between the lines. Khalil is out avenging his family (which Corey acknowledges he would do the same), and while he has killed innocent civilians in his pursuit of that, he is deemed a terrorist, but no mention of when the pilots killed innocent civilians (some on purpose it seemed), they're never labeled that way, in that case it's always just a 'consequence' of war. Maybe it's just from seeing this perpetual victimhood from isteali for the past 20 months that the violence they inflict is always warranted while any retaliation never is. Its infuriating.
It had been a while since I read Plum Island so I don't really remember how Corey left it off with Beth; but he sure falls 'in love' quickly. DeMille also is terrible at writing romance. There's no exchange between Corey and Mayfield that makes me feel like she's even remotely interested in him; yet they're in love and are going to get married??? Talk about eye-rolling. And that it's assumed he's still in a relationship with Beth when he starts his thing with Kate, gross. Break up with Beth before you cheat on her with Kate. So strange.
I see the next few books also have to do with mideast terrorism, and I'm not sure I can stomach them.
This had the same smart-ass remarks from Corey as in the last book, which did sort of start to grate on me in this one. Sometimes it's well-timed comedic relief, but the rest of the time it gets old. Perhaps I'm more aware than I had been in previous years (and Plum Island didn't revolve around Islamic 'terrorists') but the Islamophobia and straight racism in this book was so bothersome. Idk how many times I had to read someone calling Khalil a 'camel-fucker', like okay it gets old after the first 10 times.
There was some acknowledgment here of 'where does the killing stop' and how someone is always retaliating against the previous attack, but I still felt the air of "the US is never the bad guy" in between the lines. Khalil is out avenging his family (which Corey acknowledges he would do the same), and while he has killed innocent civilians in his pursuit of that, he is deemed a terrorist, but no mention of when the pilots killed innocent civilians (some on purpose it seemed), they're never labeled that way, in that case it's always just a 'consequence' of war. Maybe it's just from seeing this perpetual victimhood from isteali for the past 20 months that the violence they inflict is always warranted while any retaliation never is. Its infuriating.
It had been a while since I read Plum Island so I don't really remember how Corey left it off with Beth; but he sure falls 'in love' quickly. DeMille also is terrible at writing romance. There's no exchange between Corey and Mayfield that makes me feel like she's even remotely interested in him; yet they're in love and are going to get married??? Talk about eye-rolling. And that it's assumed he's still in a relationship with Beth when he starts his thing with Kate, gross. Break up with Beth before you cheat on her with Kate. So strange.
I see the next few books also have to do with mideast terrorism, and I'm not sure I can stomach them.