I keep giving this series a chance bc I love the genre and I actually like the narrator. And unlike some other critiques I’ve read, I don’t think it’s poorly written from a mechanical perspective. But the amount of misogyny in here is so much that it’s almost like an intentional comedic parody of an insecure man looking to be a hero who rescues emotional and/or clueless women and fights the libs. It’s on the borderline of being funny how blatant it is. I’m not normally one who notices undertones of sexism but this book is dripping with overtones. There’s deeply insecure masculinity throughout. A one sentence summary of the series could be: “Let me get my guns, man up, and explain to the weak, ignorant ladies, and especially the liberal ladies and the liberal sissy men without guns, that it’s a dangerous world, and they’re wildly naive and emotional.” I’m sure there’s still a target audience for that kind of noise (maybe if you love FoxNews propaganda and you’re also bitter at the women in your life), but it’s pretty embarrassing to read for the rest of us. It’s also disappointing because there’s such an important (gender neutral) message to actually send to our society about self sufficiency and preparedness.