Pillars in the Fall Ian Daniels 9781492240105 Books
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Past the point of no return, the slide has started. It's time to shore up your bets and your boarders. There's only one problem, you are on the outside looking in. A happy homecoming shines hope and light in an otherwise dismal time. Friends closer than brothers reunite, but when one of them returns from a long absence, he brings an unpredictable and volatile side that seems to be just itching to get out. And the timing could not be better for those erratic tendencies to have plenty of opportunities to be exercised. This is a story of bad compromises. During the first stages of a severe societal collapse, how do you protect others from your own best friend, and also protect him from himself? During the ultimate breakdown of rules, laws, ethics and morals, how do you overcome this new side when it is so effective at getting you through the toughest of times? In this, the prequel of the action packed novel Against the Grain, we meet a whole new host of characters... and get reintroduced to a few old favorites!
Pillars in the Fall Ian Daniels 9781492240105 Books
I really liked this author's first book "Against The Grain" but this book fell short of that one. The spelling errors were pretty bad (my favorite was "co-axle cable") but that wasn't the big problem. The story was kind of disjointed and the author lapsed into long mental political diatribes - telling us instead of showing us. This book is a prequel to Against The Grain. It takes place just as things are falling apart, just as people are turning into mobs. But it wasn't convincing. All of a sudden little old ladies are out in the streets rampaging, looting and shooting. Like something just snapped in everyone. I didn't buy it. Granted a certain percentage of the populations (including all male fourteen year olds - grin) would be salivating to get out there and rampage. But most people wouldn't suddenly snap and become rampaging loonies.Then there are long dreary bouts of the protagonist (whose name we never learn) feeling sorry for himself. And the juvenile or at least trite gimmick that the only female blames him for being such an animal when that's all that's keeping them alive - it's too shallow and obvious. Nobody would believe the female had any brains, so there's no tension created. Shallow female ranting at shallow hero. Or, alternately, the protagonist is concerned about how gleefully his best friend is killing people. We don't believe that either because the story doesn't make it believable. The best friend grins after killing people. That could be stress or adrenaline or post-battle euphoria. We aren't really convinced the best friend is unhinged. All those arcs could have worked, but they didn't.
I think this author could make a go of it. The book just wasn't thought out or polished enough. It needed a little more work before it was released to the public. I can forgive that. I don't know if I would buy another book by this author. Probably not.
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Pillars in the Fall Ian Daniels 9781492240105 Books Reviews
I decided to read this book first since it was the prequel to - and written after - Against the Grain although I'm not sure the order makes much difference. A few of the earlier comments were about spelling and grammar errors and it appears the author has gone to great lengths to fix them. I'm picky about such errors because they are a distraction for me; however, I just didn't see any in this latest release of the book.
We've all read the well-touted survival books where life is good, something happens, life is bad, and life is going to be good again. What makes this book different is it's written in first person which integrates the reader into the book and the author does a good job of telling the "why" and "how" in addition to the "what". The development of the characters is excellent. Looking back I'm not even sure the guy's name was ever mentioned so I'll just refer to him as "the guy". He's somewhere in his mid 20s. We take this journey through the book through his eyes.
The event was gently mentioned instead of the reader wading through pages and pages of political rhetoric. The book starts out with buddies hanging out around the campfire, drinking, and simply enjoying being with friends. The guy goes out the next day to help the father of one of his buddies gather wood for the winter. From there the author takes you through a well crafted story line that deals with a failing society, limited supplies, friendship, illness, death, and a lot of decisions that could have gone either way.
This book is worth the read. I will read Against the Grain tomorrow and see how the two books tie together.
On a totally separate note - I was about 10 pages from the end when my IPad got the spindle of death. It's that little spinning thing in the middle of a blank page instead of words. After an hour on the phone with the people, it turns out my version was 4.0 and should have been 4.1 (available January 6th). It would have been nice if they would have pushed the updated version to the App store. Once I loaded the new version I was able to finish the book. I'm sure the people got tired of me saying I just need ten more pages to finish the book.
Ian Daniels' second foray into this failed state of America is an eye opener and a kick to the stomach for readers unprepared for the concept. The idea that America in a social collapse is not a new one, but the vision proposed by this book is a fresh new take, as we fail not because of some outside action but through our own greed and insecurities. The author, through his unnamed protagonist, explores a lot of the themes first seen in "Against the Grain" but with even more jarring images as the nation staggers along like a punch drunk fighter, too far behind on points to win but without the sense to throw in the towel. For readers who readers familar with the first book, the characters we get to meet for the first time, Clint, Blake, and Danielle in particular, are familiar in a way but the author really succeeds in defying our expectations.
For all of the thunder and action in this book, the quiet times in the woods reveal the most about our hero, and the author manages to create a complex, conflicted main character who is more than he seems. I eagerly await the next book in this series and I can only wonder what Mr. Daniels will think up next.
This book is a officially a prequel to "Against the Grain" but both books stand on their own.
I really liked this author's first book "Against The Grain" but this book fell short of that one. The spelling errors were pretty bad (my favorite was "co-axle cable") but that wasn't the big problem. The story was kind of disjointed and the author lapsed into long mental political diatribes - telling us instead of showing us. This book is a prequel to Against The Grain. It takes place just as things are falling apart, just as people are turning into mobs. But it wasn't convincing. All of a sudden little old ladies are out in the streets rampaging, looting and shooting. Like something just snapped in everyone. I didn't buy it. Granted a certain percentage of the populations (including all male fourteen year olds - grin) would be salivating to get out there and rampage. But most people wouldn't suddenly snap and become rampaging loonies.
Then there are long dreary bouts of the protagonist (whose name we never learn) feeling sorry for himself. And the juvenile or at least trite gimmick that the only female blames him for being such an animal when that's all that's keeping them alive - it's too shallow and obvious. Nobody would believe the female had any brains, so there's no tension created. Shallow female ranting at shallow hero. Or, alternately, the protagonist is concerned about how gleefully his best friend is killing people. We don't believe that either because the story doesn't make it believable. The best friend grins after killing people. That could be stress or adrenaline or post-battle euphoria. We aren't really convinced the best friend is unhinged. All those arcs could have worked, but they didn't.
I think this author could make a go of it. The book just wasn't thought out or polished enough. It needed a little more work before it was released to the public. I can forgive that. I don't know if I would buy another book by this author. Probably not.
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