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A review by buuboobaby
A Game of Chance by Linda Howard
1.0
1.5 stars
This was a great big NOPE for me. The story was way too complicated for the allotted pages, and I never got a feel for the characters. Chance is the most unprofessional undercover agent ever, and getting the daughter of the international terrorist you are trying to catch pregnant isn't really good form. I had a problem with his background story, too. If he was a feral kid living on the streets until he was 14, he must have had one heck of an awesome tutor to get him all caught on the schooling he missed out on so he could join the Navy, become a SEAL, and learn his super-duper computer hacking skills. I guess anyone can learn how to fly a plane, especially a SEAL, but crashing it into a mountain and not getting a dent on it, despite all of the rocks it scraped up during the crash landing - I just didn't buy that. I wish I had his spy budget and could crash a plane in a remote area for a little downtime (I of course would make sure all of my Kindles were charged prior to takeoff.) And how convenient that Sunny carries an emergency kit complete with first aid kit, rations, water, blankets, and a....tent? NOPE. That just seems like an awful lot of stuff to drag around every day, even if your father is an evil terrorist trying to catch you.
I didn't care for the art, either. Character proportions were awkward and the artistic style was more minimalistic than I care for. It's functional, and that's about it. Glad I only paid .99 for this.
This was a great big NOPE for me. The story was way too complicated for the allotted pages, and I never got a feel for the characters. Chance is the most unprofessional undercover agent ever, and getting the daughter of the international terrorist you are trying to catch pregnant isn't really good form. I had a problem with his background story, too. If he was a feral kid living on the streets until he was 14, he must have had one heck of an awesome tutor to get him all caught on the schooling he missed out on so he could join the Navy, become a SEAL, and learn his super-duper computer hacking skills. I guess anyone can learn how to fly a plane, especially a SEAL, but crashing it into a mountain and not getting a dent on it, despite all of the rocks it scraped up during the crash landing - I just didn't buy that. I wish I had his spy budget and could crash a plane in a remote area for a little downtime (I of course would make sure all of my Kindles were charged prior to takeoff.) And how convenient that Sunny carries an emergency kit complete with first aid kit, rations, water, blankets, and a....tent? NOPE. That just seems like an awful lot of stuff to drag around every day, even if your father is an evil terrorist trying to catch you.
I didn't care for the art, either. Character proportions were awkward and the artistic style was more minimalistic than I care for. It's functional, and that's about it. Glad I only paid .99 for this.