Comments on: Survival Book Review: “Patriots: A novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse”

By: Spencer2302

Spencer2302 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:43:00 +0000

You do know there is a unabridged. to keep the story movin along every time they brush there teeth is not going to be in the story.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:44:34 +0000

The morality of the book is Darwinist. That may lend doubtful credence to the story's “realism”. The members of the group knew by college or before that society could very well crash. If you are a 10buck-an-hour wage slave (as many of us are) you would not survive past chapter 2 if this were for real. This group of people were physically, intellectually, and financially fit enough to persevere in this situation. Not your common cadre of Midwest suburbanites. But that's what makes these people heroes.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:48:10 +0000

I just finished reading Patriots and I have similar comments that others have made. All of the characters were physically fit, financially fit, etc. What about families with young children? I was a little disappointed that they offer a job to a machinist, but allow a refugee group with several young children to carry on without offering them to join the group. What about the chronically ill or disabled? Do they have no value because they can’t carry their weight? I would have preferred more character development and less of the logistics. He could have put a logistics list in the end and skipped over a lot of unnecessary details.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:48:00 +0000

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:11:11 +0000

I have to say that I was excited to finally have the opportunity to read the book. I read survivalblog.com regularly and had heard much. Boy, was I disappointed.

Did it bother anyone else that Dan Fong was usually referred to as Dan Fong, and not just Dan? What did the new moms use for diaper rash? Or women use for monthlies? Or men use to shave? When they bugged out to the woods, what did they eat without cooking (the fires during daylight only would have had smoke give away their position, right?) and how did they clean their clothes? The toilet paper issue would have been a good idea to bring up in the book IF it had actually been mentioned again after 3, 4, 5 years after the crash. Almost everyone had the same voice (talked the same way), and as a review above said, most people don’t have the financial means to do that much prepping, so how many people, really, can this book help? I found this book to be good with basic info, but a huge pain to read. No one seemed real, and the first rule of fiction writing is to help the reader “suspend disbelief” – or make it feel real.

This book should have been just a non-fiction manual, and never been attempted as a novel. Where was the editor during the publishing process (first or last times?).

I read it in a bookstore, over the course of several days. I’m very glad I didn’t buy it. Pat

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:11:00 +0000

I have to say that I was excited to finally have the opportunity to read the book. I read survivalblog.com regularly and had heard much. Boy, was I disappointed.

This book should have been just a non-fiction manual, and never been attempted as a novel. Where was the editor during the publishing process (first or last times?).

I read it in a bookstore, over the course of several days. I’m very glad I didn’t buy it. Pat

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:32:49 +0000

I read the book and found it to be a great read. I doubt that the UN or anyone would step in, but who knows?

I’m reading it again for the second time, this time with a highlighter~!

BTW, Jim Rawels’ wife is dieing and I’m sure he could use your prayers.

Be prepared.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:32:00 +0000

I read the book and found it to be a great read. I doubt that the UN or anyone would step in, but who knows?

I’m reading it again for the second time, this time with a highlighter~!

BTW, Jim Rawels’ wife is dieing and I’m sure he could use your prayers.

Be prepared.

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:42:22 +0000

Personally the book read to much like a manual to me… and the advice was nothing you can’t find on the blog or other forums free.

I liked One Second After better myself.

I still own this book, and it’s entertaining but not my favorite ;)

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:42:00 +0000

Personally the book read to much like a manual to me… and the advice was nothing you can’t find on the blog or other forums free.

I liked One Second After better myself.

I still own this book, and it’s entertaining but not my favorite ;)