Scan barcode
A review by cutenanya
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
1.0
If you ask me what the heck went wrong with this book that deserved only 1 star, I'd say the DUMBNESS of the heroine is the cause. I can tolerate plotholes, I can even endure the pain of a love triangle where an ordinary heroine just suddenly gets the attention of every cool guy that passes her by, but a DUMB heroine? NEGATIVE. Just doesn't work for me. To illustrate how DUMB this heroine is, let's just begin with the little episode where
1) She let Jessica plunge to her death. When your subordinate is acting as bait on a highway, even if the owner of the car does not fit the profile, you still should not turn the speaker or GPS off until your subordinate is completely out of danger, meaning she is standing right in front of you, or at least within visible distance. Jessica boarded a stranger's car and simply because the person LOOKED like a woman, they assumed Jessica would be harmless. Hello, it is possible the driver is a man disguised as a woman, it IS also possible the killer has a female accomplice. I just don't see how a FBI agent with enough experience and training to train another agent could make such foolish mistakes, and the other FBI agents on the mission too!
2) The subplot that really pissed me off was the part where she killed the serial killer. Heck, she's acting out of self-defense, no question about it, she could just call Max, tell him what happened and investigate the murders right off! That would be WAY BETTER than her destroying the evidence! Being a seasoned FBI agent, she should have known better than to contaminate and DESTROY (literally) a crime scene. Now, even the worst serial killer has family, how the heck did she know they don't want their son's body? And then there is the question of whether the killer has kept any woman imprisoned at the moment. Had she alerted the police as any normal citizen would have, she would have a better chance saving any woman whom the killer might have kept captive. In other words, this woman is out of her mind!
I should have stopped reading right then and there but I would like to know if she would be punished in the end by the law for her stupidity, recklessness, and selfishness. Guess what, NOTHING! I want the freaking trial! A word at least on what happened after she killed someone, trespassed another agent's home, tricked and lied her way into a marriage,and so forth. Unbelievable! I wish Goodreads has the option of 0 star!
Recommend this book to others? HELL NO!
Spoiler
1) She let Jessica plunge to her death. When your subordinate is acting as bait on a highway, even if the owner of the car does not fit the profile, you still should not turn the speaker or GPS off until your subordinate is completely out of danger, meaning she is standing right in front of you, or at least within visible distance. Jessica boarded a stranger's car and simply because the person LOOKED like a woman, they assumed Jessica would be harmless. Hello, it is possible the driver is a man disguised as a woman, it IS also possible the killer has a female accomplice. I just don't see how a FBI agent with enough experience and training to train another agent could make such foolish mistakes, and the other FBI agents on the mission too!
2) The subplot that really pissed me off was the part where she killed the serial killer. Heck, she's acting out of self-defense, no question about it, she could just call Max, tell him what happened and investigate the murders right off! That would be WAY BETTER than her destroying the evidence! Being a seasoned FBI agent, she should have known better than to contaminate and DESTROY (literally) a crime scene. Now, even the worst serial killer has family, how the heck did she know they don't want their son's body? And then there is the question of whether the killer has kept any woman imprisoned at the moment. Had she alerted the police as any normal citizen would have, she would have a better chance saving any woman whom the killer might have kept captive. In other words, this woman is out of her mind!
I should have stopped reading right then and there but I would like to know if she would be punished in the end by the law for her stupidity, recklessness, and selfishness. Guess what, NOTHING! I want the freaking trial! A word at least on what happened after she killed someone, trespassed another agent's home, tricked and lied her way into a marriage,and so forth. Unbelievable! I wish Goodreads has the option of 0 star!
Recommend this book to others? HELL NO!