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A review by catbooking
Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
1.0
If this is where the series is heading, I am going to quit right here. This was like the collection of all the tropes I dislike in the genre collected in a single book. Bleh!
First of all, I want to read about Court, the singleton agent not everyone and their uncle. This book has had the most POVs to date and thus a LOT of things got really repetitive.
Second, I was willing to overlook Zoya being the love interest. Sure I am reading a thriller for the action and the shooting not the romantic smoozing, don't know why authors think I want romance in my shoot-em-ups, but I was willing to overlook it. But in this book Zoya is reduced to an emotional mess who takes her clothes off as the only option ever to get what she needs, and won't stop moping over her boyfriend. I thought she was a professional. I thought Court was a professional. Why cannot they just be like “She/he knows what they are doing.” and just leave it at that. Why the pining and the moping?
Third, since we are on the topic of Zoya, can there be a single man besides Court who doesn't act like all the women belong in the kitchen? And while we are at it, maybe add some female characters who are not complete bitches?
Fourth, since we are on the topic of jackasses Hightower is really getting on my nerves. Previously he was a very small part of the narrative and could be dismissed, but in this book he takes up so much space I started rooting for him to take a bullet. It is like his whole personality is being an insufferable asshole and no one ever calls him out on it.
In summary, things better get back on track. I am not worried about hopping the series and finding something else to read, but it really annoys me that I have recommended this series as one that avoids the problematic tropes and then this piece of work drops.
First of all, I want to read about Court, the singleton agent not everyone and their uncle. This book has had the most POVs to date and thus a LOT of things got really repetitive.
Second, I was willing to overlook Zoya being the love interest. Sure I am reading a thriller for the action and the shooting not the romantic smoozing, don't know why authors think I want romance in my shoot-em-ups, but I was willing to overlook it. But in this book Zoya is reduced to an emotional mess who takes her clothes off as the only option ever to get what she needs, and won't stop moping over her boyfriend. I thought she was a professional. I thought Court was a professional. Why cannot they just be like “She/he knows what they are doing.” and just leave it at that. Why the pining and the moping?
Third, since we are on the topic of Zoya, can there be a single man besides Court who doesn't act like all the women belong in the kitchen? And while we are at it, maybe add some female characters who are not complete bitches?
Fourth, since we are on the topic of jackasses Hightower is really getting on my nerves. Previously he was a very small part of the narrative and could be dismissed, but in this book he takes up so much space I started rooting for him to take a bullet. It is like his whole personality is being an insufferable asshole and no one ever calls him out on it.
In summary, things better get back on track. I am not worried about hopping the series and finding something else to read, but it really annoys me that I have recommended this series as one that avoids the problematic tropes and then this piece of work drops.