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This was a hard read. Not because of the subject matter or any perception of conspiracy or racial overtones (there are NONE of these, regardless what some people are trying to claim about Mr. Rawles books) but because it is poorly written, disjointed and BADLY in need of a professional editor to tie the story together. The story line hops around from one character to the other, and while some novels do this quite often, this novel has no flow. It lacks transitions. While the collapse that Mr. Rawles portrays this novel (as well as Patriots) is a very real prospect, the type of person he uses as characters are an idealized fantasy of 100% wholesomeness that never utter a vulgar word. Honestly in the real world people do cuss (even those "devout") and the substitution of such words in this novel make it read like a 1950's Ozzie and Harriet script where the world is a plain white bread utopia. While his previous novel "Patriots" has some Christian influence (which I don't care about one way or the other) this novel comes off as a constant preachy, "get right with god right now" evangelical style of writing. I don't discount anyone their religion, but apparently in Mr. Rawles future you don't have a place unless every hour or every page isn't started with reading a Psalm..... get over the spoon feeding of religion to the masses. Being from the Four Corners Area (Farmington) of New Mexico it's easy to see that someone provided a lot of information about this area (I know who but I won't fault them), but Mr. Rawles failed to do his research about a lot of this area and some of the references made are pure laughable...but then again it is fiction. PATRIOTS - A winner novel, worth the read. SURVIVORS- Not worth the new price.Read full review
Are you looking foe information to help you and your loved ones survive armegedon or a world wide catastrophy? (Please overlook the spelling errors if you will, I'm typing in a car at the moment.) Back to SURVIVORS. I am also a retired CI Agent in the US Army and what this book has to offer is very good, consise but a little short. What he is attempting to do is educate the reader in an entertaining way that hits the mark. My only complaint is that he didn't add an additional two to three hundred more pages as there is so much more information that needs to be disseminated out into the survival community and also I'd like to have read more about what happened to the characters in the story. James' work is so entertaining that I found myself reading this book twice in four days which I have never been able to do before this, nor wanted to until now. His characters and the situations they find themselves in are richly written and are both viable and believable. Take it from a soldier/CI Agent who has found himself in a few situations much like those in this story; they can and will happen when civilization falters and all hell has broken loose. Where men and women, who are starving and have no governing institutions and there are no more existing law enforcement organizations to police a growing enviroment of lawlessness and barbarism. You can find yourself in just this type of enviroment in the world we live in today in some parts of this world, and an even worst one if what transpired in this book or something like it would ever happen to our whole planet. What James Westley, Rawles has given you a glimpse of in SURVIVORS is a gift to those who think that this type of situation can either never happen and will find themselves and their loved ones ill prepared for such a nightmare or are the type of person who is of the vigilant personality type, who is not a psycho-survivalist stereotype, but who is propelled to ensure that he /she and their loved ones are prepared for any type of governmental or enviromental emergency that has happened every so often throughout the history of our planet and the many civilizations that have come and gone from the very beginning of our known history. Thank you James Westley, Rawles for writting this book and I hope there are many more works in the mill that you will share with us to help those of us who are in need of this educational material that I hope to God we will never need but will have it available to us if the need arises in our life time. Douglas A. Mutschler CW2/SA, US Army (ret)Read full review
I am a relative newcomer to this genre of writing, at least from mr Rawles' perspective. I have read everything he's written to date and am anxious for his new book that is due out in September. I am not a critic on story structure but I've enjoyed both of his stories for what they've had to tell and teach, and his educational book on preparedness I've shared with all of my family and friends and believe it to be concise, very informative and reader friendly. Because I live in the northwest, I was able to relate very well with the book "Patriots" and found it unable to put down for any length of time. In spite of the disclaimers he's added to each book, I've seen each as educational to the point of keeping them as reference material. I have and will continue to recommend his materials to anyone who is watching the current world and national political arenas unfold in ways that appear to support the scenarios spelled out in Rawles' books and the need to prepare for the possibilities of a breakdown, as well as for natural disaster preparedness.Read full review
This is a good book which holds your attention. Lots of suggestions for ways to think through the problems one might face if caught away from home when the balloon goes up. Getting home could be a challenge. Staying put could also be a challenge. Thinking about how you might approach the challenge may be the edge you need to survive and thrive?
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Rawles is an incredible author and have read is other writings, so knew this one would be good and informative also. He has a good insight to preparation. Recommend reading.