WTF? Just how bad is this this book? Let me count the ways: - The plot is the first problem. Are you ready? OK…… as a result of an upcoming budget review, different branches of the US military simultaneously invent identical nuclear weapons capable of destroying a planet. This kerjigger is dubbed ‘The Supernova’. - The key component of the Supernovas is an ancient incan idol, made from an asteroid, which is guarded by an ancient breed of giant cats who have somehow not starved to death despite being locked inside a temple for five centuries. Oh yeah, then there’s the shit involving nuke-armed nazi commandos, magical monkey urine, a flying tank and a nuclear fuel which sings songs to animals when it gets wet. - Reilly, unlike competent writers, finishes half his paragraphs with italics and exclamation points. Eg “..and like, dude, the car crashed into the river!!!!”. - He refers to assault rifles as “supermachineguns”. No, really. And so on. Though the nuclear-powered walrus apparently appears in another of Reilly's works. |
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