Room for improvement

Being a fan of the genre I am supposed to like this book but as much as I’d like I can’t give it a great review. There is too much weapons detail in this book which does become tedious as does its put your trust in the Lord message. I have no problem with this as it’s refreshing to hear something other than liberal white male bashing feminist claptrap that had my eyes rolling after enduring the girl with dragon tattoo books. This though is too nice and Christian, having all the lead good characters constantly putting their faith in the Lord to assist them started to test mine. There are multiple storylines in this book from a variety of different viewpoints and situations which I liked and as it’s written by a survival expert it had such potential to instruct and entertain but it does neither very well. It does have useful information but it’s mainly overshadowed by an excessive focus on guns and bullion for survival.
Some of the storylines were quite good and it has not bored me like other notable best sellers but I must admit I was very disappointed by the end, there are positively fistfuls of loose strings, it felt like half the book was missing. Rawles should have perhaps focused on fewer characters and given a more detailed account of their survival. I would have given the book an automatic 4 stars if no mention of sexual violence was used either but alas the author couldn’t help himself, absolutely no bad language in the whole book and sickly moral but references to rape had to be included even though brief and non descript, I can’t remember the last book I heard without any.
Rawles is not a bad fiction writer and is clearly very successful at his survival blog but he has failed to join the two together here, hopefully audible will include his first book Patriots which I hear is better. I think this book is average but I suspect if I was not a fan of the genre I'd probably hate it. It might though show people the fragility of our system and make them think.

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Yawn

What did you like best about Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse? What did you like least?

Tedious, drawn out and just didn't stimulate my enjoyment factor at all - but I did like the voice of the narrator

Would you be willing to try another book from James Wesley, Rawles? Why or why not?

Probably not

What three words best describe Dick Hill’s performance?

Not very interesting

Could you see Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

Nope

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If you like John Ringo you will love this

If you enjoy John Ringo books like the last Centurion or books by Robert A Heinlin, you will enjoy this a lot.

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Awesome book

lots of info, tips n tricks rolled into great scenarios,
The Apocalypse is coming!
#believe it's coming!

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Gun obsessed

There are only 2 reasons I'd bother to write a review. Either a book is excellent or sadly as in this case utter rubbish. I am not a religious person, but for the sake of a narrative, I'm prepared to cut some slack for the story. The main objection in this story is Bible and guns. The obsession with weapons is raised to the level of porn. Save your credit and buy a different book. Also listen out for the author’s name the next time there is another Waco!

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