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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and WellIntentionedExtremism destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more SmugSnake rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him when he's forced to kill himself to save his wife from possible harm (AlasPoorVillain).
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and WellIntentionedExtremism WellIntentionedExtremist destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more SmugSnake rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him when he's forced to kill himself to save his wife from possible harm (AlasPoorVillain).
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shafer and Duto.
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* MagnificentBastard: Duto, Khadri, and Li.
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* TrueNeutral: Kowalski.
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and WellIntentionedExtremism destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more SmugSnake rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him when he's forced to kill himself to save his wife from possible harm (AlasPoorVillan)(AlasPoorVillain).
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* MartyStu: In an interview, Berenson admits Wells has traits of this. Men fear him, women love him, sheep walk alongside him...but at the same time, Wells is a very tortured person. He has issues with his faith, his relationship, and his addiction to spy. In Berenson's words, he'd like to know Wells, but he doesn't want to be Wells.
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* CompleteMonster:
** Yusuf in Silent Man. His compatriot's words: "Yusuf is a perfect jihadi. He would kill until he was killed and expect heaven as reward."
** But Francesca in Shadow Patrol tops Yusuf. He doesn't have any sort of justification for smuggling drugs and sniping fellow servicemen. He does it because he can. His dying words are "Why not? Why not, why not, why not."
** Yusuf in Silent Man. His compatriot's words: "Yusuf is a perfect jihadi. He would kill until he was killed and expect heaven as reward."
** But Francesca in Shadow Patrol tops Yusuf. He doesn't have any sort of justification for smuggling drugs and sniping fellow servicemen. He does it because he can. His dying words are "Why not? Why not, why not, why not."
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* TrueNeutral: Kowalski.
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* TrueNeutral: Kowalski.Kowalski.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Sayyid Nasiji in ''The Silent Man''. He plots to start World War Three by nuking America and blaming Russia for it. In a flashback, however, it's revealed that he respected American teachers, believed jihad to be a waste of time, and condemned the 9/11 attack. Nasiji's devilish intent was born when his father and mother and brother and sister were murdered by Shia militants that the United States let loose in Iraq War.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Sayyid Nasiji in ''The Silent Man''. He plots to start World War Three by nuking America and blaming Russia for it. In a flashback, however, it's revealed that he respected American teachers, believed jihad to be a waste of time, and condemned the 9/11 attack. Nasiji's devilish intent was born when his father and mother and brother and sister were murdered by Shia militants that the United States let loose in Iraq War.
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and MisplacedNationalism destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more decadent rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him.
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and MisplacedNationalism WellIntentionedExtremism destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more decadent SmugSnake rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him.him when he's forced to kill himself to save his wife from possible harm (AlasPoorVillan)
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him.
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* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him. General Li too, despite nearly kicking off WorldWarThree, he had the best intentions for the poor people in China but his pride and MisplacedNationalism destroys him and causes him suffers a fate worse than death in his view, being disgraced, forgotten and being forced to commit suicide alone by his younger and more decadent rivals. As a result, it's nearly impossible to not feel some sympathy to him.
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* RomanticPlotTumor: A criticism to the Silent Man. Wells and Exley's relationship feels shoehorned, and the subplot about jihadis' stealing and smuggling nuclear bomb to America ends up being much more interesting than Wells' plot.
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* RomanticPlotTumor: A criticism to the Silent Man. Wells and Exley's relationship feels shoehorned, and the subplot about jihadis' stealing and smuggling nuclear bomb to America ends up being much more interesting than Wells' plot.
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* SophomoreSlump: The Faithful Spy is excellent. The Ghost War and the Silent Man are pretty much standard spy novel. For better or worse, The Midnight House returns Wells to his roots, a loner American spy convert to Muslim.
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* SophomoreSlump: The Faithful Spy is excellent. The Ghost War and the Silent Man are pretty much standard spy novel. For better or worse, The Midnight House returns Wells to his roots, a loner American spy convert to Muslim.
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* CompleteMonster:
** Yusuf in Silent Man. His compatriot's words: "Yusuf is a perfect jihadi. He would kill until he was killed and expect heaven as reward."
** But Francesca in Shadow Patrol tops Yusuf. He doesn't have any sort of justification for smuggling drugs and sniping fellow servicemen. He does it because he can. His dying words are "Why not? Why not, why not, why not."
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shafer and Duto.
* IronWoobie: Wells. When you consider how he sacrifices his first wife, his son, and his girlfriend to save his country, you can't help but sympathize him.
* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him.
* MagnificentBastard: Duto, Khadri, and Li.
* MartyStu: In an interview, Berenson admits Wells has traits of this. Men fear him, women love him, sheep walk alongside him...but at the same time, Wells is a very tortured person. He has issues with his faith, his relationship, and his addiction to spy. In Berenson's words, he'd like to know Wells, but he doesn't want to be Wells.
* OneSceneWonder: Jordan Weiging in Ghost War, Grigory Farzadov in Silent Man, Hassan in Secret Soldier, Yergin in Shadow Patrol.
* RomanticPlotTumor: A criticism to the Silent Man. Wells and Exley's relationship feels shoehorned, and the subplot about jihadis' stealing and smuggling nuclear bomb to America ends up being much more interesting than Wells' plot.
* SeasonalRot: Very subtle, but there. Wells and Exley become more cliche and two-dimensional after Faithful Spy. Thankfully, Berenson recovers by Midnight House.
* SophomoreSlump: The Faithful Spy is excellent. The Ghost War and the Silent Man are pretty much standard spy novel. For better or worse, The Midnight House returns Wells to his roots, a loner American spy convert to Muslim.
* ToughActToFollow: The Faithful Spy is ''legendary'' among spy fiction enthusiasts. The rest, good, but not so much. In fact, the cover of the '''seventh''' book still mentions the Faithful Spy to tout Berenson.
* TrueNeutral: Kowalski.
** Yusuf in Silent Man. His compatriot's words: "Yusuf is a perfect jihadi. He would kill until he was killed and expect heaven as reward."
** But Francesca in Shadow Patrol tops Yusuf. He doesn't have any sort of justification for smuggling drugs and sniping fellow servicemen. He does it because he can. His dying words are "Why not? Why not, why not, why not."
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Shafer and Duto.
* IronWoobie: Wells. When you consider how he sacrifices his first wife, his son, and his girlfriend to save his country, you can't help but sympathize him.
* JerkassWoobie: David Miller. He's a drug dealer, yes, but given the way Stan and Amadullah treat him, it's hard to not feel any sympathy for him.
* MagnificentBastard: Duto, Khadri, and Li.
* MartyStu: In an interview, Berenson admits Wells has traits of this. Men fear him, women love him, sheep walk alongside him...but at the same time, Wells is a very tortured person. He has issues with his faith, his relationship, and his addiction to spy. In Berenson's words, he'd like to know Wells, but he doesn't want to be Wells.
* OneSceneWonder: Jordan Weiging in Ghost War, Grigory Farzadov in Silent Man, Hassan in Secret Soldier, Yergin in Shadow Patrol.
* RomanticPlotTumor: A criticism to the Silent Man. Wells and Exley's relationship feels shoehorned, and the subplot about jihadis' stealing and smuggling nuclear bomb to America ends up being much more interesting than Wells' plot.
* SeasonalRot: Very subtle, but there. Wells and Exley become more cliche and two-dimensional after Faithful Spy. Thankfully, Berenson recovers by Midnight House.
* SophomoreSlump: The Faithful Spy is excellent. The Ghost War and the Silent Man are pretty much standard spy novel. For better or worse, The Midnight House returns Wells to his roots, a loner American spy convert to Muslim.
* ToughActToFollow: The Faithful Spy is ''legendary'' among spy fiction enthusiasts. The rest, good, but not so much. In fact, the cover of the '''seventh''' book still mentions the Faithful Spy to tout Berenson.
* TrueNeutral: Kowalski.
