Finished: Anarchy in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
The third book in the series sees Ben & his Rebels beating down on the IPF - a russian outfit who are determined to create a new master race vis a vi Hitler. Only in America. Cue lots of righteous indignation & the Rebels are once again victorious (to a point). Ben is now being worshipped some kind of God and it's all getting a little out there. Mutants are out there and breeding with all manner of animal & human alike to create some very stinky huge freaks. It's about this stage that I started having doubts about this series. I did read a couple more in the series before giving up completely. I'm not sure that I will get much further this time around. The vast amount of repetition from previous books starts to do my head in as does all the seemingly endless enemies for the Rebels. Not to mention the supernatural stuff thrown into the mix. Having read the blurbs for the whole series it just seems that the story goes around in circles - russian nazis to religious nuts to african wannabe warlords to the night people to punks/outlaws back to nazi wannabes to well you get the idea.
Started: Krov: Men of War by John Schettler
This book has a tantlising start that gives you further insight into the Kirov saga. Loving it already!!
Showing posts with label Ben Raines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Raines. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Monday, 6 May 2013
Book Bloggin' 6th May 2013
Finished: Fire in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
The second book in the Ashes series following the exploits of Ben Raines, his Rebels and their quest to establish a nation within the ruins of the USA. Let me say, Ben(well the author really) has some great ideas about the way to run a country. And if you don't like it you can leave. Completely agree with that sentiment. Should be applied today, because lets face it, if you leave your home country because you don't like what is going on there, settle in a new country and immediately try to force the people who have always lived there to bend to make your life more comfortable (either through religion, food prep or whatever) then I say, I agree with Ben Raines. Go back to where you came from. Political correctness and a "sue everyone" mentality means that you can no longer have an opinion for fear of offending someone. It's ridiculous. If you don't like what's on the TV, then change the channel, don't like whats being said? Absent yourself from the conversation. Sue somoeone for it? Don't be stupid. And if it's ok for you to slander me as white Christian woman, why is not ok for me to slander you/ your religion as hardline muslim fanatic or a communist chief or whatever "minority" you think you belong to. Newsflash, you are only a minority if you choose to act that way. Everyone is equal and everyone is free to live how they choose. If the Tristates really existed, I would be there in a heartbeat. That doesn't make me a racist or anything else, it just makes me someone who feels that life should be simpler, laws should be simpler & everyone works for what they have.
Started: Anarchy in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
The second book in the Ashes series following the exploits of Ben Raines, his Rebels and their quest to establish a nation within the ruins of the USA. Let me say, Ben(well the author really) has some great ideas about the way to run a country. And if you don't like it you can leave. Completely agree with that sentiment. Should be applied today, because lets face it, if you leave your home country because you don't like what is going on there, settle in a new country and immediately try to force the people who have always lived there to bend to make your life more comfortable (either through religion, food prep or whatever) then I say, I agree with Ben Raines. Go back to where you came from. Political correctness and a "sue everyone" mentality means that you can no longer have an opinion for fear of offending someone. It's ridiculous. If you don't like what's on the TV, then change the channel, don't like whats being said? Absent yourself from the conversation. Sue somoeone for it? Don't be stupid. And if it's ok for you to slander me as white Christian woman, why is not ok for me to slander you/ your religion as hardline muslim fanatic or a communist chief or whatever "minority" you think you belong to. Newsflash, you are only a minority if you choose to act that way. Everyone is equal and everyone is free to live how they choose. If the Tristates really existed, I would be there in a heartbeat. That doesn't make me a racist or anything else, it just makes me someone who feels that life should be simpler, laws should be simpler & everyone works for what they have.
Started: Anarchy in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
Friday, 26 April 2013
Book Bloggin' 26th April 2013
Finished: Kirov III: Pacific Storm by John Schettler
The final in the original Kirov trilogy. Once again a great story that just keeps you wanting to read another page to find out if the men can keep themselves alive with rapidly dwindling resources. BUT for someone who has been writing since 1980 and also has a degree in English with a writing major, there were some shocking errors in this book. I would have to guess that the editor was MIA on this job. There were a couple of instances where characters names changed in spelling. But the biggest annoyance for me was the fact that this is an author who says at the beginning of this book "every other ship and character mentioned, from the highest officers etc etc is a historical figure". Well news flash Mr Schlettler, the wartime Prime Minister of Australia was not John CURTAIN but in fact John CURTIN. Given that you on one occasion spelt the name correctly leads me to believe that perhaps editing extended to spell check only - where even my spell check wants to correct Curtin to Curtain (which would go along way to explaining some of the hideous errors in this book). This book was a serious let down after the extremely high quality of the first two books in the series.
Started: Fire in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
The final in the original Kirov trilogy. Once again a great story that just keeps you wanting to read another page to find out if the men can keep themselves alive with rapidly dwindling resources. BUT for someone who has been writing since 1980 and also has a degree in English with a writing major, there were some shocking errors in this book. I would have to guess that the editor was MIA on this job. There were a couple of instances where characters names changed in spelling. But the biggest annoyance for me was the fact that this is an author who says at the beginning of this book "every other ship and character mentioned, from the highest officers etc etc is a historical figure". Well news flash Mr Schlettler, the wartime Prime Minister of Australia was not John CURTAIN but in fact John CURTIN. Given that you on one occasion spelt the name correctly leads me to believe that perhaps editing extended to spell check only - where even my spell check wants to correct Curtin to Curtain (which would go along way to explaining some of the hideous errors in this book). This book was a serious let down after the extremely high quality of the first two books in the series.
Started: Fire in the Ashes by William W Johnstone
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)