About this title: Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse is novel set in the near future that describes a full scale socioeconomic collapse. More than just an exciting read, it is packed with useful survival and preparedness tips. It was described by one reviewer as "A survival manual neatly dressed as fiction." An earlier short draft edition of the novel was ...
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"This book should appeal to survivalists and militia-types. Though I found some of the descriptions of weapons and equipment interesting at times, they became tedious as they went on and on. The dialogue was a bit "hokey" and lifeless. I can't remember the last time I used the word "yikes" in a real conversation.
The beginning of the story seemed somewhat plausible but it gradually became less and less believable. The civil war seemed very far-fetched. The characters were a bit too stereotypical and one-dimensional. I like good winning over evil but the only "good" people were depicted as being far beyond the extreme right. I did not like the general lack of respect shown towards most authority figures.
Being a Christian, I was very uncomfortable with the way the characters spouted off Bible verses while also maintaining a strict us-versus-them mentality. I can't say that I necessarily grew to like any of the characters. I'm afraid if I was in the story, I could have wound up being shot or being classified as not being worth enough to keep around. I guess this story had too much of an Old Testament tone for me (eye for an eye). W.W.J.D. was never a consideration for any of the characters. Righteous anger and sterile practicality seemed to take precedence over compassion. That is not the Christian life that I subscribe to."
"This is a survival book written in the form of a novel. It is not a well written novel, to be sure. As a survival book it is amazing in detail and scope. Many will not be able to get through the George Lucasesque dialog or story line, but I actually enjoyed it.
He clearly envisions a worst case scenario of societal breakdown, which I think is a bit far-fetched. I hope so--because his is a grim, violent world."
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