Lousy. That is the word I've been looking for all week. Thank you! I think I have more extreme thoughts about the absolute lack of boundaries and dangerous red flags Cynthia constantly ignored or justified.DC Brown wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 22:34After I finished the book I couldn't decide if it was a lousy romance novel or a lousy spy novel. It seemed like it was trying to be both and failed completely. The relationships throughout the book were odd, except for the computer nerds. I liked them the best. They actually got things done instead of wallowing in drama.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 13:51 So we have Cynthia and Dan and Cynthia and Sky as romantic relationships in this book? What is your thought on them? How realistic and believable is their behavior? Do you find the reasoning for cheating acceptable? Is our mind as a reader swayed from the beginning with Dan being " a habit" and Sky being " gentlemen"? How likable or believable is instant love in romance books never mind that they are fiction?
How odd is that Cynthia doesn't have any friends?
Sorry people I have so many questions is just that I am trying to get the points that book is trying to make.
Overall I just feel that this should be just a romance book or just a suspense action book, like this is just all over the place.
What do you think about romance and relationships in this book?
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Re: What do you think about romance and relationships in this book?
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I was expecting the author to talk about that in the section where she addresses a few things but she never did and it was kind of disappointing.mblmn_mortician wrote: ↑17 Jun 2019, 20:03Lousy. That is the word I've been looking for all week. Thank you! I think I have more extreme thoughts about the absolute lack of boundaries and dangerous red flags Cynthia constantly ignored or justified.DC Brown wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 22:34After I finished the book I couldn't decide if it was a lousy romance novel or a lousy spy novel. It seemed like it was trying to be both and failed completely. The relationships throughout the book were odd, except for the computer nerds. I liked them the best. They actually got things done instead of wallowing in drama.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 13:51 So we have Cynthia and Dan and Cynthia and Sky as romantic relationships in this book? What is your thought on them? How realistic and believable is their behavior? Do you find the reasoning for cheating acceptable? Is our mind as a reader swayed from the beginning with Dan being " a habit" and Sky being " gentlemen"? How likable or believable is instant love in romance books never mind that they are fiction?
How odd is that Cynthia doesn't have any friends?
Sorry people I have so many questions is just that I am trying to get the points that book is trying to make.
Overall I just feel that this should be just a romance book or just a suspense action book, like this is just all over the place.
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I'm still not over "with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works" that had me keep the book and the romance under bigger scrutiny. Everytime I think about it I get mad.Katherine Smith wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 18:08 I agree with the members who have posted ahead of me in the respect of cheating. Many studies have found that people cheat out of boredom, but even so this is never an excuse for breaking the trust of someone else. I also have a problem with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works. This seems unrealistic and annoyed me. I do like the computer geeks though and my vote is for them to be the stars in the next book.
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Yes, I agree that sums it up for me too.VernaVi wrote: ↑11 Jun 2019, 00:59 I wasn't happy with either romance. By the end of the book, I felt that either the title should be changed, or the book re-written to match the title better. None of the characters seemed able to commit to one another or to the task at hand that the book is supposed to be about.
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Mmm. Agreed, though I was watching it ever since Sky wanted t be rude and smoke in a no smoking area and Cynthia just went along with it. Like, it was quite obvious he was the love interest but he wasn't a good one from the start.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 15:13I'm still not over "with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works" that had me keep the book and the romance under bigger scrutiny. Everytime I think about it I get mad.Katherine Smith wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 18:08 I agree with the members who have posted ahead of me in the respect of cheating. Many studies have found that people cheat out of boredom, but even so this is never an excuse for breaking the trust of someone else. I also have a problem with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works. This seems unrealistic and annoyed me. I do like the computer geeks though and my vote is for them to be the stars in the next book.
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Yes I noticed that as well. He was portreyed as this nice guy for one second and then the next he is smoking with I don't care additude, was that the part where we realize he is this badass guy?!Nisha Ward wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 17:36Mmm. Agreed, though I was watching it ever since Sky wanted t be rude and smoke in a no smoking area and Cynthia just went along with it. Like, it was quite obvious he was the love interest but he wasn't a good one from the start.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 15:13I'm still not over "with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works" that had me keep the book and the romance under bigger scrutiny. Everytime I think about it I get mad.Katherine Smith wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 18:08 I agree with the members who have posted ahead of me in the respect of cheating. Many studies have found that people cheat out of boredom, but even so this is never an excuse for breaking the trust of someone else. I also have a problem with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works. This seems unrealistic and annoyed me. I do like the computer geeks though and my vote is for them to be the stars in the next book.
I really don't see romance in this book.
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Honestly? It just made him rude and entitled. That Cynthia chose him baffles me.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑20 Jun 2019, 09:20Yes I noticed that as well. He was portreyed as this nice guy for one second and then the next he is smoking with I don't care additude, was that the part where we realize he is this badass guy?!Nisha Ward wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 17:36Mmm. Agreed, though I was watching it ever since Sky wanted t be rude and smoke in a no smoking area and Cynthia just went along with it. Like, it was quite obvious he was the love interest but he wasn't a good one from the start.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 15:13
I'm still not over "with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works" that had me keep the book and the romance under bigger scrutiny. Everytime I think about it I get mad.
I really don't see romance in this book.
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Lol, risky by the author to take such a move.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑19 Jun 2019, 15:13I'm still not over "with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works" that had me keep the book and the romance under bigger scrutiny. Everytime I think about it I get mad.Katherine Smith wrote: ↑13 Jun 2019, 18:08 I agree with the members who have posted ahead of me in the respect of cheating. Many studies have found that people cheat out of boredom, but even so this is never an excuse for breaking the trust of someone else. I also have a problem with a man teaching a women about her body and how it works. This seems unrealistic and annoyed me. I do like the computer geeks though and my vote is for them to be the stars in the next book.
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From the moment the cheating began, it was distasteful, I think, so I don't disagree with you at all.Adedayo+23 wrote: ↑21 Jun 2019, 12:51 The relationships didn't feel believable to me. They felt off and distasteful.
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