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Title: Reads like a Steven Seagal movie
Review: Never before have I read a book that italicizes so much for such a terrible reason. Every few pages some wholly unbelievable action takes place *just as* something else equally unlikely *almost* kills, maims, or somehow incapacitates our hero. Reilly sees fit to italicize how close they are to danger, as indicated by my asterisks above, not just once, not just twice, but repeatedly and far beyond any level of acceptability.Reilly gives the reader a lackluster plot incorporating all the worst elements of a Seagal or van Damme ego-booster. Far from a page-turner, I found no trouble setting Reilly's work down to listen to the flight attendant "go over the safety features of this Airbus A320." It was far more interesting than the book -- a shame it only lasted a couple of minutes.
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