Jesus Christ, this fucking book. I’m trying to find any discussion about it on Reddit to see if I’m the only one who thinks this author sees the world wildly and in wild ways.

What. The. Fuck. I knew this would be a ridiculous, airplane bookstore-style “thriller” but I had no idea exactly how unhinged it would become.

This is the best example of an author cramming every possible coincidence and twist in every single chapter. From the jump, I was groaning and rolling my eyes at the characterization.

Why is so much focus placed on every character wanting to sleep with the main character? Well it makes perfect sense because for some reason everyone is fucking everyone else.

The dated worldview led me to believe this was released in the 2000s or something. But no, the book referenced COVID. So the author thought all of this was a good idea.

What you believe to be a globe-spanning conspiracy of money laundering is actually coincidentally perfectly overlapping this evil plan by the main villain - who of course, is a lesbian with a trans sibling. They must be the villain and mastermind, because of course they are. Only patriotic white guys can be good in this universe.

The military and cops are of course all above board and this novel can’t go a chapter without someone thanking the protagonist for their service.

This book just begs for a horrible Hollywood adaptation that will somehow be even worse than the source material.

Can anyone defend this book? I genuinely would like to hear a positive take on it because I find it hard to believe anyone could finish this thing and not instantly scream out to the gods, begging to erase the memory of this shit from their brains.