Holes in the plot re: sinister aspects
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Re: Holes in the plot re: sinister aspects
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> I didn't notice this while reading, I think because I was swept up in the
> expedition in the second half, so while thinking back on it now I realize
> that there were a lot of things in the first part that were never answered.
>
> I kept thinking that there was something more sinister about the expedition
> behind it on the part of Boris. He was acting mysteriously all along, as
> were Irina and Yuri. Fake hotel maids going into Grant's room, the thief in
> his uncle's apartment, having to kill Godunov (if it was just for the
> journal, they could have just stolen it). Even Randall's journal didn't
> really give that many clues (the only one I could think of was the wolves
> coming back for their dead).
>
> Yet this was just dropped in the second part. I get that it was maybe to
> make it unclear whether Irina was good or bad, but there needed to be some
> kind of resolution of whatever the author intended with all this. At one
> point I thought it was to make money from all the plants etc. and kill all
> the people who knew about it (all the people on the expedition) but we
> never find out what was supposed to come from all that. It seems like a
> pretty big flaw.
> What do you think?
I was left with a lot of unanswered questions as well. I want to think that the author had certain ideas that he wanted to put down however, the story developed in different directions and saw no need to continue some of the initial ideas. Also that the author could have left some ideas so that readers could follow to find out about them in the sequel.
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AlexisLib wrote: ↑19 Jul 2020, 20:03 I didn't notice this while reading, I think because I was swept up in the expedition in the second half, so while thinking back on it now I realize that there were a lot of things in the first part that was never answered.
I kept thinking that there was something more sinister about the expedition behind it on the part of Boris. He was acting mysteriously all along, as were Irina and Yuri. Fake hotel maids going into Grant's room, the thief in his uncle's apartment, having to kill Godunov (if it was just for the journal, they could have just stolen it). Even Randall's journal didn't really give that many clues (the only one I could think of was the wolves coming back for their dead).
Yet this was just dropped in the second part. I get that it was maybe to make it unclear whether Irina was good or bad, but there needed to be some kind of resolution of whatever the author intended with all this. At one point I thought it was to make money from all the plants etc. and kill all the people who knew about it (all the people on the expedition) but we never find out what was supposed to come from all that. It seems like a pretty big flaw.
What do you think?
I didn't realize there will be a second book, hopefully, some things will be explained. I agree with you and the fake hotel maids, some things got dropped and it didn't make sense and there was no resolution. A little troublesome in my opinion.
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