Review: Some good ideas covered
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
"L. A. Dark - Jeremy's Run" is a really short book at 152 pages.  It is strictly an intro for the series apparently.  It was a bit on the slow side at the beginning; but it did get a lot more interesting in the latter part of the book.  As a Prepper, and one who has read many books in this genre, there's not much left to learn at this point; but I did find the group discussion by the key characters at the end of this first book to be worthwhile.  Thus far, it's not on a par with the "Holding Their Own" series or a few other superstars of this genre, but I do feel it has merit - enough for me to order Book #2/Blood Loss, which I noticed is over 100 pages longer.  This author definitely understands how things would actually be in a grid-down scenario.  And to his great credit, there are very few spelling or grammatical errors, which typically plague this genre.  I now have nearly 40 authors in this genre who are on my permanent "Don't Read" list, and only 12 on my "Do Read" list.  Based on this first book, I think Gustav will end up as #13 in my short/good list; but I will wait until I've finished "Blood Loss" before deciding that.  In the meantime, I don't think you will go wrong with this book.  And for folks who are new to SHTF/TEOTWAKWI, you will definitely have your eyes opened by this book.  Trust me when i say that this author has it right regarding how it will go down.  Read my other reviews if you want to get a much deeper insight into this genre, including which books are great and which are a waste of time.  Just don't expect to see reviews on all I've read since I've reviewed only the best and worst for the most part.