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Title: beware, its not a novel
Review: this book came up as suggested reading after I had read William Fortschen's One Second After, so because I liked that, I gave this a try. Should've saved my money...First of all, there really isnt any story, the characters are so weak, so you cant call this a novel. Its so didactic, there isnt any build up of tension or excitement that would lead me to want to prepare for something, all it does is put me to sleep. The whole thing reads like : Oh, Jesus likes Swiss knives for skinning because they are the sharpest, and Joseph carries a revolver because that can easily be concealed, and Mary can transfuse blood and sew stitches in wounds" and proceeds to tell you in several excruciating pages how she does it. Its just how it read to me, I had to put it down , couldnt finish it at allIf I wanted an instructional book on survival, I would have bought one. I wanted a novel that actually told a story
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