The Cuban Affair

This book was fine, maybe even pretty good. I may be being a bit hard due to its place on the New York Times bestseller list. But it has so many small issues that I feel like I kinda have to knock it a bit. It doesn't feel like DeMille is really ready to take on the topic of Cuban-American Relations, with both sides basically having simplistic stereotypes for they're characters. I never really bought any of the character motivations. Sara jumps back and forth from being a serious member of the mission to letting her passion endanger the mission to an extreme level. Mac develops a strong soldiers code out of nowhere. The only character that is consistent is Jack. The whole book feels like it takes twice as long as it needs to to say anything. And (I recognize this is a real nitpick) DeMille uses “Mac and I” and “Me and Mac” in the same paragraph. I wouldn't normally give a shit if you used “me in Mac”, but to do it two different ways in the same paragraph is just annoying.