Notes from 'Patriots'

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So where do you rate this book in relation to OSA and Lights Out? Sounds like a must read since you talk about it so much.

As far as novels go, it'd rank as bad. You don't feel any attachment to the characters like OSA or LO, there isn't really anything sad like OSA and the story isn't nearly as fluid as in OSA and LO. As some describe it, Patriots is a survival/prepping guide trying to mascaraed as a novel.

That being said, as something that makes you think, Patriots is top notch. And as something that can help you start planning and prepping, Patriots is top notch. As something that will convince you that you NEED to prep, Patriots is the best.

I personally really got hooked after the first few pages and the description about how society and the economy went bad. The UN and nation building aspect of it also makes me uneasy. The whole book is so scary because he really lays it out accurately how we are on this path already and it could easily happen. There also ins't a similar book out there that is more accurate when it comes to firearms. OSA doesn't come close. LO tried but fell short (more when it comes to self defense particularly because he always felt so bad after hurting someone that was a treat to him.) And some of the others similar books like Jakarta Pandemic and the terrible book Last Light just got darn near everything about firearms and self defense wrong.

(Two particulars that come to mind for those last two books without any spoilers is that in Last Light the bad guy has a silenced revolver and in Jakarta the good guy keeps his shotgun unloaded when confronting some BGs in his house...because he thinks he can load it (from the stock mounted shell holder) and shoot it before the BG 10ft away can attack him. Anyone with real firearms knowledge knows that's impossible even for the fastest shooters)

Final opinion...if you liked OSA and LO, Read Patriots.

Save your phone books.

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