Resurrecting Home

I’m not here to recap the book, you can find that elsewhere. I’m here to tell you why you should invest your spare time reading this series. If you’ve read my review of book one you can skip ahead because I don’t really have anything new to say, just want the author to have some honest reviews in return for his hard work putting pen to paper.

I read a lot of post-apocalypse fiction. Most writers suck at it. Their scenarios are rather far fetched, their characters are cookie cutter preppers I could never relate to if we were face to face, and the decisions their characters make are so stupid as to put them in deeper jeopardy making their professed prepper status highly questionable and making me hope Darwin got it right so I’ll never have to deal with them.

A.A.’s characters are well developed, thinking people, even the bad guys. They behave in ways that are true to their back story. Yes, they make mistakes and sometimes those mistakes have unpleasant consequences.

As of today, there are maybe 10 or more books in the series. They enter my library as soon as they are released and that’s unusual for me because my experience is that when an author pens a series beyond a certain number of books, they seem to reach a point where they’re either phoning it in to continue milking the cash cow, or they get so tired of the characters and storyline that they begin to hate what they perceive as a rut. Neither pitfall traps this series.

The story arc is such that the plot could run on for another 10 books or more provided the author continues to keep events believable. The characters are not one-note survivalists. They continue to mature and evolve as events unfold.

The author isn’t afraid to kill off a key character or two and new characters are fleshed out just as well as the ones that survive through everything.

In spite of the seriousness of the subject, the author isn’t afraid of some comic relief and there are genuine belly laughs spread throughout the series.

So far, I’ve only been mildly disappointed with one book in the series and I believe that’s because Weatherman bowed to fan pressure and turned a book out before he should have. If you pick up this series, you’ll know which one I’m referring to and I’m sure he does too. When a writer is as social media connected to their fan base as he is, and that base is screaming for the next book, that’s hard to ignore but easy to forgive.

I hope one day to write this well and have my fans clamoring for the next book.

Absolutely fascinating reading. I read everything A. American writes. I do this because his characters literally jump from the page, and you instantly care for them like family. Also, because it COULD happen. There are great hints and tips on survival (I’ve actually started purchasing a few things like water filter straws and snap lights, just in case). And, I’ve always been a food hoard fool. Not to mention I’m a southerner who likes guns and is proficient in their use. As someone once said “First they take your guns”! Don’t get the idea I read these wonderful books and intend to start a war! I’m a 70 year old female who loves fiction that MIGHT not be fiction.

Consider this a review of the entire series, not just this book.

The story here is great. It’s engaging, entertaining and sometimes shocking. However, there are some problems. In the first few books, it’s like reading an outdoors catalog. Nothing is just a hatchet or a water bottle, it’s a Gerber hatchet and a Platypus water bottle. He drops brand names like he’s paid for product placement. This stops in later books, thankfully.

Throughout the entire thing there are numerous spelling, punctuation and grammar issues. In the last book there is a foreword explaining that these issues have been handled and this book will be a smooth read. That isn’t the case.

The characters are pretty two dimensional, with not much development. There are a few exceptions, but by and large, there isn’t much character development.

This should be a terrible series of books. The problems listed are usually enough for me to give up halfway through and look for something better, but the story line kept me going, and I’m glad it did. This is a fantastic story, inexpertly written. The author is clearly getting better by the end of Resurrecting Home, but don’t expect these to become classics. They’re good fun, they’re quick reads and they don’t demand that you think too hard as a reader. I’d call this a decent vacation read.

I read books 1, 2, 3, and 5 one after the other, semi-ignoring life going on around me over about 7 days.
However I am a very fast reader. I skipped very little.
In my opinion, these stories could be told as a television series.
The most important aspects of these books deals with the loss of just in time food delivery.
As a resteraunt owner, for me to earn an income, I need, just in time food delivery.
We take the food that we’ve ordered the night before for granted. As we have for 30 years.
Our resteraunt does not do frozen (except for Shrimp).
All the United States of America could fall with the simple collapse of of our just in time food delivery.
I give A.American kudos for refraining from mentioning who brings America to it’s knees.
Or, most likely, there are too many to name, that want to bring us to our knees.
A.American’s stories in his books, give us a realistic glimpse into how things would unfold when people have no food or water in a community away from the cities.
Trying to write a book about the loss of food, sewage, water, law enforcement and martial law in a city would be heartbreaking.
I recommend reading this series. You will learn a lot.
You just may learn things that will save you and you’re loved ones life.

not quite the same pace as the earlier novels in the set but a good read non the less, i read it cover to cover in less than 36hrs.

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