Review: Easy Read, but he politics...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
I recognize that Mr. Nutall is entitled to the politics that he likes. He is also entitled to promote those politics via writing and publication like this, but this novel disappointed me.When I read partisan magazines, I fully expect straw-men arguments, sloppiness and pandering to the particular ideology. In that case, the magazine article is a success. Or, at least, not a failure.However, in a novel I expect more nuance. I expect ideas to be fully developed. I don't expect to see assertions made and then narrative choice to "prove" those assertions.This novel had the whole armed militia, second amendment dog-and-pony show. Hatred of the Feds? Check. Worship of armed forces as if they could only be forces of good? Check. Dismissal of religions other than Christianity? Check.As I said, no nuance.Again, Mr. Nut all is entitled to write what he likes. I am equally entitled to stop reading it.If the foregoing does not bother you, the book is fairly well written if simplistic. About 8th grade. Needs a good proof reader, but it's mostly not too jarring.