Throughout the book, little spurts of action mixed with comedy were thrown in.
I mean, how could you not have a little action when it comes to a group of (interesting) people trying to bomb bridges and roads?
Some of the scenes were very fun to read because the characters had to suddenly think of ways to escape or outsmart the "enemy". For me, in was intriguing to read because that type of thinking didn't seem very much like all of the characters.
A lazy Bonnie Abzug who complains of being bored but never says no to smoking a joint on the job suddenly has to run for her life to escape a helicopter.
For me, seeing this little wild goose chases were fun to read. It was almost like a little break from all of the hard critical thinking when it came to what should be bombed next and how it should be done.
All of the sudden characters are fleeing and I can almost imagine them running across the page in a desperate attempt to flee from the police.
Maybe the goose chases in the book aren't quite this literal...
Either way, I love how the author can easily weave a little bit of comedy into such a serious topic. It makes the book easy and fun to read and I don't get bored after reading the book for a long time.
Those kinds of scenes remind me of a movie called Rat Race. In the movie there are people that are randomly chosen and are given the opportunity to $2 million. The money is in a locker at a train station in Silver City, New Mexico and all of the characters are given the same key to the locker. Whoever gets to the locker first gets to keep it all!
Throughout the movie, small little goose chases from other characters or the police keep the audiences attention and you can't help but laugh.
The movie is a kind of silly-stupid, but I think it's funny and the way the characters think reminds me of the characters in my book.
Both sets of characters have a kind of serious way of thinking so that they can get to and complete their goal, but at the same time they fail to look ahead for some things and they can end up getting themselves into a lot of trouble.
All in all, the book is very fun for me to read and I can't wait to read more! It's a good book and I would suggest it to any reader that enjoys a little bit of (almost) slap-stick comedy.

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