I have listened to a lot of these books on end of the world scenarios, but so far I have never written reviews on them. This book bothered me enough that I decided to put my comments down.
The positive things in the book are:
The narrator Kevin Pierce – he is so good that most everyone who writes these kind of books use him. I appreciate the author has a lot of knowledge in multiple areas and in understanding the issues in prepping for worst case scenarios. I appreciate his keeping swearing out of the book by understanding a large segment of the people who read these books prefer it that way. When I was about to give up on the book, it had moments with good action and suspense in the story that made me want to continue.
What I did not like was: The awkwardness where the author would use the characters to give his lectures on: Government, conservative thought, monetary policy, guns and ammo, the welfare system, how to store food, how to bugout, military strategy, how solar works, how tools work on a farm, and multiple other topics. I grew very tired of being schooled and lectured to. You would be surprised to know that I actually agree with the author on most of the positions he takes. I was simply sick of being lectured to. The start of the book was the worst, trying to get past the lectures on government and conservative thought. Because the book would start to get interesting, I would continue. However the author would always go back to the lecture circuit which made me dislike the style of his writing. My dilemma is should I continue with book two. With my above comments you would think no way. I have the hope that the author would just focus on the story telling and layoff the lectures. I do like books that give interesting thoughts of how to prepare for an end of world scenario, but this book goes to far.
Comparing this book to other authors I will draw some comparisons. I started these kind of books with William Forstchen in One Second After. He is a good story teller, moderate in the swearing, and some useful prepper ideas. Franklin Horton is the best story teller, excellent prepper ideas, but very heavy in the swearing that I could do without. However the Horton books are so good I still keep buying them. Tom Abrahams the Traveler Series is excellent in the story telling, low on any swearing, and lean on prepper ideas. I will skip mentioning others. My dilemma is that Mark Goodwin has enough knowledge that I think I could learn some possible good prepper ideas from him. I just do not know if I can tolerate his lecturing anymore.
For now I will jump into a book about a Pandemic.