" Beautiful prose, but I couldn't always find the characters very believable. Is it even possible to self-inject with thumbs? Was it possible to serve as a nurse at age 20? I don't know, but there was a lot about this that wasn't really very realistic. I most enjoyed the intrigue surrounding the Egypt storyline. Thought that using the race card to explain Kip's breakdown in the end was kind of lame. It would be equivalent to a white American losing it over some major wrong done to France, a culture that considers itself superior to all others, just because they share the same race. More believable to have just been stressed by the absolute totality of the atom bomb -- no chance to defuse, no second chance, no chance for survival. Is there any validity to the point that the a-bomb was not used on Europe? Probably, but there was also a lot going on with the timing of the readiness for actual use. I just think that the Kip character would have been more bothered by an a-bomb making his life-saving skills worthless and, therefore, himself just as worthless. "
— Lisa, 2/3/2014