Review: Grammar aside, these 3 books flow and are interesting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2012
It is hard to figure out how to review a 3-book set. Do you review all 3 separately? Or review book 3, at the end? I decided to review all three at the beginning, since that is where we'll begin reading them.The author mentions in his preface to each book that his writing is bad. Actually, it's the spelling and grammar that's bad. He uses no chapter breaks, but so what? There are lots of logical breaks. "Finely" used throughout for "finally" and "then" for "than" and many more of that ilk. Sometimes names are messed up as well. All that being said, and in spite of the fact that I usually dislike grammatically badly written books, these are "told tales". That is, it's like listening to a curmudgeonly old geezer (hey, that describes me!) who is telling a story. And you know what? The story is told well, even with the errors. Just ignore the usual criteria and instead think about the "conversive narration" and enjoy the tales and the way they flow. The characters are interesting, especially narrator John and his sidekick Sandy.Book one starts the adventure as John is trying to get to his famiy's compound in east Texas after an EMP. Book 2 continues, and has more battles and excitement and book 3...well, after getting to Texas, Reeder decides to "do a Stephen King" in book 3. That's all I'll say except it was interesting. All three books read fast and I'd rate them from 3 1/2 to 5 stars depending on the section.Very enjoyable and recommended.