A review by duchessrin
Ruthless People by J.J. McAvoy
2.0
Two stars for the badass characters, sex, and wit. Meh.
Let's face it, it was not so realistic at all. (Unless the author claims creative license then I should just go fuck myself.)
So I'll just breakdown shit that I didn't like here.
1. The Italian. I may not speak Italian but I feel it when things get awkward. (It's kinda like a feeling you acquire when you're encountering the same language again and again but you don't speak or understand it.) Then it turns out that the author used Google Translate. Yay.
2. Since they're already speaking Italian, what the fuck happened to their ranks? Why the fuck is she called The Boss? They don't call their boss The Boss. Who the fuck are her underbosses? What the fuck?
3. I don't know a lot about Italian and Irish mafia and stuff (since I'm into Yakuza and I only know stuff about the Yakuza culture) but for me, they didn't sound mafia to me at all. Just because they were violent Irish or Italian that kill or punish people who don't listen to them doesn't automatically make them mafia right away. How I can tell this, I don't know. I can't pinpoint what distinguishes them for me but wiseguys have this certain air that don't make you want to fuck with them. That they don't have to show it in many (violent) ways. It's just there. Like honor, danger, family, respect, power rolled into one. This guys sounded more like a gang to me. Saree.
4. Everyone was just so trigger-happy in this book. Like really, it was just so ridiculous.
5. They were so fucking cocky in killing. Like what the fuck was that killing 20+ people and nobody could do anything about it? When wiseguys kill, they do it silently. Under the radar. They don't provoke authorities. (Or so this was common knowledge unless the world shifted and the Philippines somehow ended up in Europe.) And remember when Mel said that even if they bring FBI in the field it would be useless because they know people in FBI????? Reaaaaaaaally?????????
Let's face it, it was not so realistic at all. (Unless the author claims creative license then I should just go fuck myself.)
So I'll just breakdown shit that I didn't like here.
Spoiler
1. The Italian. I may not speak Italian but I feel it when things get awkward. (It's kinda like a feeling you acquire when you're encountering the same language again and again but you don't speak or understand it.) Then it turns out that the author used Google Translate. Yay.
2. Since they're already speaking Italian, what the fuck happened to their ranks? Why the fuck is she called The Boss? They don't call their boss The Boss. Who the fuck are her underbosses? What the fuck?
3. I don't know a lot about Italian and Irish mafia and stuff (since I'm into Yakuza and I only know stuff about the Yakuza culture) but for me, they didn't sound mafia to me at all. Just because they were violent Irish or Italian that kill or punish people who don't listen to them doesn't automatically make them mafia right away. How I can tell this, I don't know. I can't pinpoint what distinguishes them for me but wiseguys have this certain air that don't make you want to fuck with them. That they don't have to show it in many (violent) ways. It's just there. Like honor, danger, family, respect, power rolled into one. This guys sounded more like a gang to me. Saree.
4. Everyone was just so trigger-happy in this book. Like really, it was just so ridiculous.
5. They were so fucking cocky in killing. Like what the fuck was that killing 20+ people and nobody could do anything about it? When wiseguys kill, they do it silently. Under the radar. They don't provoke authorities. (Or so this was common knowledge unless the world shifted and the Philippines somehow ended up in Europe.) And remember when Mel said that even if they bring FBI in the field it would be useless because they know people in FBI????? Reaaaaaaaally?????????