I gave up on this genre as I repeatedly found it power-fantasy fast food which virtually never landed on geopolitical realities.
I wish there were more women writing in this genre in relatable ways. The few that I found wrote well but tended to fixate on one or two very fanciful or implausible narratives.
Just reading your review reminds me 1) I still don't have a good plan for liquidating much before it becomes worthless, but can't spend myself broke in the meantime; 2) both my aging, long-divorced parents have no clue how to manage their savings in the face of this stuff and their increasing ill health, and 3) most people about 15 years younger than me will be thoroughly unable to relate to this situation and will probably end up on the other end of a rifle barrel coming for my shit.
Well you are in luck! Glen Tate ended up getting a divorce from his wife, the woman his wife in the book is based off of. He then married a conservative activist and prepper named Shelby Gallagher, after she reached out to him for help in editing her own book in a similar vein to his.
I've read the first in this series, and for anyone looking for a female perspective on a collapse and the vulnerability therein, it's a great read. Check it out!
I have similar problems with the genre. Books like "One Second After," always reminded me of a certain type of man who is convinced that every single waitress has a crush on him.
I read the series last year - it was, as you said, prepper-porn, but worth reading for the way it covered the process of choosing preps, making alliances, and watching the signs of approaching danger.
I didn't know about the author's divorce, but the character of the wife certainly was a realistic balance to the prep-minded husband. In my house, I'm generally the more prep-focused, but my husband has gotten on board with the process. Nice when the team pulls in tandem.
"Various types of gangs and militias begin to spring up to both engage in and defend their communities from looting and violence."
Does the narration portray this behavior as being effectively illegal and drawing state wrath, i.e. Kyle R. or that lawyer couple who stared down a mob on their property?
It starts happening out of necessity due to how widespread economic issues are, and the police essentially resign themselves to protecting urban cores and rich neighborhoods, so when street violence happens the cops don't even come out.
Not like the cynical channeled BLM anarcho-tyranny, it's actual uncoordinated stochastic gang behavior. He goes on to discuss "White collar gangs" of suburban dads that form to both trade on the black market for services the professionals offer, and to protect their subdivisions from rival gangs. Getting fuel becomes difficult and gangs start running their own ad hoc gas stations for the public.
I gave up on this genre as I repeatedly found it power-fantasy fast food which virtually never landed on geopolitical realities.
I wish there were more women writing in this genre in relatable ways. The few that I found wrote well but tended to fixate on one or two very fanciful or implausible narratives.
Just reading your review reminds me 1) I still don't have a good plan for liquidating much before it becomes worthless, but can't spend myself broke in the meantime; 2) both my aging, long-divorced parents have no clue how to manage their savings in the face of this stuff and their increasing ill health, and 3) most people about 15 years younger than me will be thoroughly unable to relate to this situation and will probably end up on the other end of a rifle barrel coming for my shit.
Well you are in luck! Glen Tate ended up getting a divorce from his wife, the woman his wife in the book is based off of. He then married a conservative activist and prepper named Shelby Gallagher, after she reached out to him for help in editing her own book in a similar vein to his.
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I've read the first in this series, and for anyone looking for a female perspective on a collapse and the vulnerability therein, it's a great read. Check it out!
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I have similar problems with the genre. Books like "One Second After," always reminded me of a certain type of man who is convinced that every single waitress has a crush on him.
It's a Boomerific genre to be sure
I read the series last year - it was, as you said, prepper-porn, but worth reading for the way it covered the process of choosing preps, making alliances, and watching the signs of approaching danger.
I didn't know about the author's divorce, but the character of the wife certainly was a realistic balance to the prep-minded husband. In my house, I'm generally the more prep-focused, but my husband has gotten on board with the process. Nice when the team pulls in tandem.
"Various types of gangs and militias begin to spring up to both engage in and defend their communities from looting and violence."
Does the narration portray this behavior as being effectively illegal and drawing state wrath, i.e. Kyle R. or that lawyer couple who stared down a mob on their property?
It starts happening out of necessity due to how widespread economic issues are, and the police essentially resign themselves to protecting urban cores and rich neighborhoods, so when street violence happens the cops don't even come out.
Not like the cynical channeled BLM anarcho-tyranny, it's actual uncoordinated stochastic gang behavior. He goes on to discuss "White collar gangs" of suburban dads that form to both trade on the black market for services the professionals offer, and to protect their subdivisions from rival gangs. Getting fuel becomes difficult and gangs start running their own ad hoc gas stations for the public.