That’s one I’ve read as well. I think it’s good enough even though the whole titular premise doesn’t play much into the story so far. There was that one “land mine” that worked in the pub and then ran off and the trio of thugs they dealt with relatively early on.

But as you said, I find the more realistic approach interesting and it stood out to me and while the prose is ordinary, I found it decent enough to not affect my enjoyment negatively.