Review: Please, sir, may we have another?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
When is Reunion coming out? I want to read it NOW!Honestly, there are a few proofreading problems, but nothing that blocks understanding or causes any great concern. The your/you're concept does seem to be a bit of a challenge though.  If you could use a proofreader or beta reader, I might be able to help. So now I can go on to some other good stuff.Hank Shumway is an engaging "everyman." He is brilliant, has an excellent memory - especially of the things he learned growing up on a self sustaining farm, and a life long learner with amazing strategic skills and business sense.  He has an extended family that he cares for a great deal, but he's also willing to help friends, neighbors, and total strangers.  On the other hand he's also a flawed and fallible human being, especially when he sometimes accepts people at face value who aren't worthy.  It would be easy to be his friend if you could live up to his very strong sense of morality and integrity.We get to meet and learn to care for a number of other characters in this significant book that I found hard to put down. Sometimes I felt like I needed to drop back and regroup so I could remember which character went with which name. It wasn't that daunting a task though.  As a representative of the TEOTWAWKI realm of fiction, I did not find the premises of the book to be extremely far-fetched but don't feel anything more pertinent can be added here without giving away part of the well-developed suspense.  Better everyone should get the book and experience it. And while readers are at it, they can examine well developed human behaviors in a crisis setting.I loved Camille, spent a little time identifying with Hank and a lesser amount with Evie, thought the children's characters were very well developed for the most part, enjoyed the Renaissance festival referrals (although it sounded like they were actually more SCA), and adored the dogs.  I hope this won't give anything away, but I am a bit of a fan of The Walking Dead and thought Andrea as a sharp shooter was inspired.This one's a keeper!