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| I'm not a Jennifer Crusie fan. I'm not a Bob Mayer fan. Honestly, I mistakenly ordered this (audio)book from my library. I would have returned it, but I found myself with nothing else to listen to during my commute.
There's been plenty of comment from Crusie fans regarding this novel's shortcomings as a piece of romantic fiction. Let me address this book from the point of view of an avid adventure/thriller/military fiction reader. I know fiction is not reality. A certain amount of believability can be suspended without affecting the overall merit of the piece. But Don't Look Down is SO unbelievable, on SO MANY different levels, that I found myself finishing it only because my latest audiobook order hadn't arrived. Where do I start? How about in the first chapter, where JT notices Connor is wearing a pistol in a fast-draw rig. Is it normal for stunt coordinators to walk around movie sets while armed? OK, it could be argued that they're filming an action movie and it could be part of his 'costume'. Then why not tell us that? Nah, better to leave the reader guessing... How about at the introduction of Moot, the ubiquitous alligator? I've been to gator country. I've actually looked for an alligator -- any alligator -- most often without success. Yet we're to believe ol' one-eyed Moot not only shows up for just about every scene, but is readily visible to anyone glancing to the swamp/river/woods/etc.? How about Crawford, the "kid" put in charge of capturing one of the Russian mafia's top players? How about [SPOILER ALERT] the fact that two apparently successful Hollywood actors would chuck it all for a shot at criminal behavior and a big score? How about nearly a thousand descriptions, incidents and scenes pertaining to the military, the Army, Special Forces, the Green Berets and more that are so far from reality they could have been written by a Martian? If Mr. Mayer is indeed a former Green Beret, he has either been away from the service for a VERY LONG time and suffered several blows to the head in the interim, or he has a very long bone to pick with the person who collabarated with Ms. Crusie under his name. I could go on and on, but I won't. This book went off my OCO (Oh, come on!) scale before I'd finished the second chapter. The ONLY reason I gave this a second star was because the story moved along OK and I kinda liked the young adult disguised as a 5-year-old. I found nothing in the book to spur me to read anything more by either author. If you like romantic fiction, go read one of Jennifer Crusie's other books, which seem very well-regarded by others here. If you like adventure or military fiction, go read something by Tom Clancy...or any other writer that actually does a little research before putting pen to paper. |
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