I enjoy how you fail to mention that this is realism in Afghanistan. I'm sure that all Afghanis have the same access to luxuries you do, Jeff, seeing as you live in Lake Oswego. You're the one who keeps on butting into my face about logical fallacies, maybe you should think about your own. You're ignoring the picture in its reality, especially about the story. Is the story taking place in a country that has an easy-going lifestyle without many worries? Yeah. Does the story come out from the beginning that something is going to go really, REALLY wrong? Yeah. Does the story have much hope when it comes to evading the bad guys? Yeah. One and two are because it is reality IN AFGHANISTAN. Your realities are INCREDIBLY different from the realities there. The book is realistic, just not the reality you're used to.