Review: Good story, stretches credibility a bit far on this one
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2012
I loved the first Distant Eden and liked this follow up. But although a lot of good instruction on survival living, some stuff just didn't make add up.SPOILER ALERT:When Adrian gets his head skimmed by a bullet and crawls into the bear cave, all was okay until it says he spend 11 days in there unconscious and then wakes up. He is able to go out and get food, walk and walk, kill an elk I think it was, and make Pemmican from it and cook up some steaks. Yes, 11 days with no water and no food. Now people can live without food for a while but no water? Okay, so if he actually could live that long without water would he be strong enough to walk and walk and climb and kill an animal, quarter it, cook it and make pemmican? This sort of breaks my barrier of believability. I realize Adrian is fit, smart and all that but this really stretches credibility.Edit: Saying that, I did read it all, I enjoyed it all. I will buy the next one. I do think Adrian is a bit more superhuman than is strictly possible but I like him that way, even though my belief is very VERY stretched in this one. I do like that Adrian is finding his way back after his tragic loss and can't wait to see what Fort Brazo has called him back for. I revised my rating to four stars from three, since I had not read the whole thing yet when I gave my first rating. Sorry.