Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
So where did we leave off before Christmas break? Oh right, our hero got himself trapped trying to meet with someone who can help him make contact with…his contact. I just realized how silly that sounds.
I mean, give Jake credit. He thought he was saving someone in danger, so at least we know he’s the hero. He even suspected at one point it might be a trap but couldn’t risk an innocent girl (or possibly hooker whose clients got too rough but still innocent as far as she doesn’t deserve this) getting beaten or killed. That’s my kind of hero. Let’s see how he gets out of this.
BW’s Daily Article Link> The Issue With Fictional Marriage
It seems that you can’t make a fictional relationship, even a marriage, last very long. Granted their inspiration comes from Hollywood, a culture where marriage has all the romance of Bruno Mars’ “Marry You” and divorce attorneys are as rich as their clients, and almost as active. However, as author James Harrington points out, it seems like a stable relationship that makes it to the sequel and is about the trials and heights of staying together is the exception in fiction regardless of “reality”. As I also point out in the comments:
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on January 3, 2023 in Uncategorized and tagged commentary, marriage, reel world vs. real world.
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