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Summary: P.S. What book was "reader from Havelock" reading????
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I read this book (see my review) and was totally replused by it.
I saw these other reviews after I had already written mine. I don't know what the guy from Havelock was reading, but it wasn't the same book I read.
This book contains gleeful accounts of numerous acts of violence, though mostly after the fact. A female Supreme Court Justice who acts to oppose the President in this story is murdered and and it is brushed off as just too bad. A member of congress who "casts an envious eye upon powers of the office of the presidency" (my words, not the author's, but the point is obvious in the text)loses and eye, literally, and is left little more than a vegetable from brain damage, this is again brushed off with a laugh by that same President.
This is violence in its worst form -- presented as righteous payback and treated as a big joke. This book reads as if it were written by a White Supremisist -- every bit as rabid as Osama Bin Laden in his hate of those unlike himself -- "anointed by God" to straighten out the heathen or kill them which ever proves most needful at the time.
I am, as I said in my full review, a devout christian mom and a writer as well. I am not a whiny liberal. I am absolutely pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-monogamy, pro-premartial abstinence, and over-whelmingly anti-welfare. I am known in my community for speaking out for the rights of christians to practice their religious faith openly in public schools. I prayerfully vote republican.
This book is NOT what I would want my kids, or any one else's either, exposed to.
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Summary: Thinly veiled political trash
Review: Burkett's novel Solar Flare is nothing but strident conservativism thinly disguised as speculative fiction. Not worth buying. Or, if you like this sort of thing, just pick up a copy of The Turner Diaries.
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Summary: Not even good enough to entertain me in class!
Review: I get pretty bored sometimes at school, but I've had more excitement staring at my feet than I did reading parts of this book. Some of us were required to read it during a unit on the solar system,but we should have stuck to the textbook. I found it poorly written, and my English education so far only extends to the eighth grade!I thought the author repeated a lot of conversations almost word-for-word, but in other places contradicted himself. The plot was far-fetched and didn't move at all smoothly. Also, it focused too much on the author's political views. Where did he get this deep resentment of liberals and the media?The opinions were entirely too one-sided and the religious ones shallow and sketchy. And how many gang stories can you tell before it starts getting monotonous? Some of the characters seemed to be introduced just so they could be killed off. I didn't like the book's plot or its style, and couldn't really reccomend it. I have read worse books, but not voluntarily.
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Summary: P.S. What book was "reader from Havelock" reading????
Review: I have read this book and have found it to be quite enjoyable.
I love what if scenario's.
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Summary: Great book, shows how people must make important descisions
Review: I love this book! yes it is easy to read, but it shows how some people must make descisions fast to survive. It shows how a solar flare hits earth and everything electrical dies. How people all over the USA have to move to camps and we can relate this to our time now and how we must be thankful for what we have and should not waste it. It is good for a non-beliver just getting to know Jesus Christ and how others deal with it too. And tells some really cool fight scenes and how people in our world can be so vile. Hope this was helpful!Good book!
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Summary: Great book, shows how people must make important descisions
Review: I love this book! yes it is easy to read, but it shows how some people must make descisions fast to survive. It shows how a solar flare hits earth and everything electrical dies. How people all over the USA have to move to camps and we can relate this to our time now and how we must be thankful for what we have and should not waste it. It is good for a non-beliver just getting to know Jesus Christ and how others deal with it too. And tells some really cool fight scenes and how people in our world can be so vile. Hope this was helpful!Good book!
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Summary: Not even good enough to entertain me in class!
Review: I've read the articles, about how cheap this book supposedly was, but then again Peretti supposedly writes bad fiction. Let's get real people, this book will have you on the edge of your seat with your heart pumping a trillion times a minute, while you think about running to the store to stock up on food reserves and hopeing that your with your loved one's if this thing actually hit. In my opinion Larry Burkett despite a few flawes is second only to the KING MR. PERETTI himself, and is way ahead of those Left Behind boys. There are a few flaws here and there but it is beyond doubt a riveting read, in the vain of Independce Day and Deep Impact, only more realistic. Definatley not a waste of time or money.
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Summary: DAYTON SAYS: BUY THIS BOOK
Review: If you take the time to read all of the reviews on this book as I have, you will come away with a certain degree of confusion. You have 8th graders telling you that they are bored (...a rather standard attitude stance of their age group) and college instructors analyzing the book to death. Perhaps I can help you better in your choice. First, something about me. I do not have TV. I made a personal choice to get rid of it years ago, and because of that I have already gone through the withdrawal of needing to have immediate minute-by-minute sense gratification. So, if you are a TV-holic, probably like the bored 8th graders, do not buy this book. You will require an imagination and clear inner eye which, if you are a TV-holic, will be greatly dimmed. If you are a person who has problems with conservative Christian principals, do not read this book. Those of us who do have conservative Christian principals will not dislike you because you do not share the same principals, though many of us would greatly appreciate you reducing your whining. Larry Burkett is quite a well-known Christian author, and so I am confused by some people who would buy a book by a known Christian author and then complain about the Christian principals within it. If you don't like Christian oriented books, just don't buy them. I read all kinds of books by both well-known and lesser-known authors. When I pick a book to read, I do not spend my time comparing one author to another or one book to another. Why would I compare Tony Hillerman to John Grisham or Larry Burkett to Frank Peretti. I have read all of these authors many times over, but I have never wasted my time comparing one to the other. I simply read the book. So, if you are a bored 8th grader...don't read this book. If you are someone who wants to analyze a book to death...don't read this book. However, if you want to read a book that requires YOU to become involved instead of just being brain-slammed as those who are TV-holics, then you will find this book to be a fun book to read. And for those of you out there who just MUST compare authors, this book will not take you away to the dessert's of Tony Hillerman's Navajo people, it will not tell you how to "skip Christmas" as Mr. Grisham's novels would, and it will not scare you senseless like Frank's writings will....however, it will make you think about what actually CAN happen in the event of a major solar flare (which, by the way, is fully understood by former NASA employee, Larry Burkett) and how people would survive it by pulling together and maintaining standards of personal conduct.
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Summary: GOOD INTENTIONS
Review: Mr. Burkett's "Solar Flare" is obviously written with the best of intentions and as a treatise on morality and man's inability to live with his fellow men, it is commendable. However, Burkett's talents as a developer of characters and plausible scenarios is minimally evidenced.The plot revolves around what happens when a scientist predicts disaster from solar flares. (Burkett must go through the effects of a flare at least two dozen times, enough is enough, Larry.) Of course, we have our staunch heroes and our nasty villains. They are so stereotyped, they become laughable. Also, Mr. Burkett spends a great deal of time philosophizing and offering obvious personal political beliefs. Some of what goes on at the evacuation camps at the end is pure hokum, and stretches credibility. It is refreshing to have no foul language or sex scenes, but there is some violence, although not gratuitous. The book is long, overdrawn and ultimately boring. The last few sections maintained my interest because I had spent so much time with the book I felt obligated to see how it resolved. I don't recommend this book for seasoned readers who find plot and character development essential; however, if you want something to make you feel a little more "uplifted," it's not too bad.
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Summary: Solar Flare: A Boring Time Waster
Review: Reading Solar Flare was a reading assignment for a portion of my studies in my 8th Grade Science class. I was continuously bored while reading this 456 page book. I think that the characters were developed much too quickly and often new characters were added. Confusion was not a rare occurrence. I also found that every conversation was repeated atleast 15 times throughout the entire book. I have read better short stories written by fellow writing students in my 8th Grade class. I learned nothing about solar flares ,really, that I didnt already know. But I give Mr. Burkett a mercy point. I feel sorry for a man who spent that much time on a book that is undeveloped as far as character sketches and plot. I don't think Larry Burkett should try to go beyond his scientific professionality and try to double as a writer. People just aren't interested in that. But if you really want to read something to pass the time and entertain yourself, dont get this book to read.
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