Status Updates From Doubling Down (Double Troub...

this is lowkey difficult bc I don't remember anymore what happened in the first book

Still not blowing my socks off...

// And to fuck around with a federal witness like that!! And did this two authors - who made serious fucking mistakes with this book - even do their research?!!? They clearly don't know military!!! Also - WHAT THE FUCK ... how on earth are they even combat buddies when neither one listened to the other about their instincts, suspicions, etc?!!? SO UNBELIEVABLE!! But to excuse JD's behaviour? END OF THE FUCKING LINE!!

// But again DONE!!

// ... and make it so he elicits forgiveness and understanding, so basically EXCUSING what he did?!!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!!? NO NO NO NO!!! THIS WAS ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTION TO THE BOOK!! I AM SO PISSED AT THE AUTHORS NOW TOO!!! I'm not surprised Witt is involved because she has done this fucking BS before, but as a new-to-me author, I'll be wary of Cari too now!!! SOOO pissed!! Feeling resentful toward this duo now!!!

// [78%]!! OH and one las thing ... JD KNOWS how Rich [his military buddy] feels about Leo (he knows he's the love of his life and is his partner), and he's still about to blow his brains out and/or relinquish him to the mafia!! So that means he'd have taken out any of his buddies' families to save his own ass!! Now if the authors painted him as a villain who dies at the end, that's fine, but to rationalize ...

// I mean I seriously cannot even ... !! I am so livid! I expect Rich to hate JD forever (and Lucky too)!!!! They BOTH deserve the slammer!!!
I am so disgusted not only by them as characters but also by this twist in the story! The book would have been splendid but THIS ruined it for me, alongside other factors that I felt were an absolutely stupid move!!
one with the rant, not going to talk about this anymore! DONE!

// I mean how could ANYONE trust JD after this?!!!? He could have done any number of things, but to choose the easiest path, and to try to kill an innocent person?!!? MY G-D, ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE!!! WHO'S TO SAY HE WOULDN'T TURN ON HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS IF HE CAVED UNDER SOME OTHER KIND OF PRESSURE?!!? Disgusting!! What's equally disgusting is the forgiveness!! This guy deserves life in jail, 100%!! I won't be swayed!

// These authors TOTALLY DESTROYED this duology for me!!! Completely and absolutely!!! SUCH a bad decision to do what they've done with some plot devices!!! Blech!!! Okay rant over I am DONE!!!

// I HOPE JD GOES TO JAIL FOR LIFE AND GETS THROWN INTO JAIL WITH ALL THE GRIMALDIS!!! NOT ONLY DID HE COMMIT A CRIME, HE'S A FUCKING TRAITOR AND AN EMBARRASSMENT AND DISGRACE TO EVER HAVING BEEN A SOLDIER!!! SUCH BETRAYAL, ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING, AND UNFORGIVABLE!!!!!

// THE FACT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FORGIVE JD - WHO WAS FUCKING GOING TO KILL AN INNOCENT MAN - IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD TO ME!! WHY IS IT OKAY?!!? NO NO NO NO NO!! THERE IS NEVER AN EXCUSE AND HELLLOOOO, HE WOULD HAVE KILLED THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, RICH, HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU "FORGIVE" JD!! JUST BECAUSE HE WAS PROTECTING HIS FAMILY? HE WAS ABOUT TO KILL YOURS!!! FUCK FORGIVENESS! NO EXCUSE!! NO NO NO!!! I HATE JD!!

// OH and one last thing, for JD to want to kill Leo and he was fucking about to, because the mob was strong-arming him into doing so, is fucking ludicrous!! And for the guys TO FORGIVE HIM?!!?? That's absolutely INSANE!!! I don't give a fuck if you're being forced/blackmailed/threatened, have some fucking integrity, honor, and self respect!! Give honor to your job and take down the threat, DO NOT KILL AN INNOCENT!!

// Witt IS known for fucking around with her books sometimes though, so I am not surprised she was one of the two who utterly destroyed this book for a reader, and I wouldn't be surprised if she were the catalyst, though I know it's BOTH of them!!! I am pissed because this story derailed SOOO fucking badly!!! I am also SUPER PISSED about the military representation here!! Utterly disgraceful!!!

// So Dallas doesn't trust Leo, Leo doesn't trust any of the marines - RIGHTFULLY SO, Sarge is a fucking asshole, Lucky and JD are backstabbing cunts, and all in all, all the marines seem like snarky, backstabbing, double-crossing, weak, bastard TRAITORS!!! NO HONOR, NO LOYALTY!! These authors couldn't have made more of a mockery of these guys and it PISSES THE FUCK OUT OF ME!!!

// Annnnnnnnd I've had enough!! I can see where this is going and so I decided to skip around a bit to see what happens, and I was right!!
The authors destroyed this book!! They paint the Marines SO badly here, and since I'm former military [NOT for the U.S though!!!!], it pisses me off!! These authors make these marines seem like backstabbing bitches who'll betray an innocent at the drop of a hat!! I HATE that!!!

// LEO make up for it!!! Tell Rich!!! MAKE IT RIGHT AND BE UP FRONT AND HONEST!!!

// Thinking about it makes me more and more angry!!! Yes, again, his motives were innocent and GOOD and born out of needing to protect, BUT the subterfuge of going about it, and the lie he had to tell to accomplish the warning, and the betrayal of privacy [using Dallas's phone], and the betrayal of TRUST ... UGH it makes me angry!! Something innocent can cause anger, resentment, and negativity!!!

// I am WAAAAY PISSED OFF AGAIN!!! I want to kick Leo!!!!

// Still though, you just exposed a phone number ... and I am FUCKING PISSED!! It's a working phone number, not a burner phone, and goodness knows how that can be used against everyone in that silo with someone who wants to find you guys badly enough!!! I am so fucking pissed you revealed that number because helloooooooo the LIE, and now someone else has your number!!! The intent was positive, but STILL SELFISH!!!!!!

// OHHHH okay so it's ONLY A TEXT and it's CODED, so it would be meaningless to anyone who intercepted it!! THAT is okay then, even though I am pissed off that you lied!!! The subterfuge, THOUGH ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT, still pisses me off!!! Because I want there to be NO secrets between you guys!!!