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Summary: Stimulating, enticing, The TRUTH....
Review: Politicians and haters of freedom beware - you NEED to read this book.Undoubtedly the largest book I've ever read, and very well written.... The power of one.... Time to feed the hogs!
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Summary: Prophetic
Review: A gradual build-up to a real page turner and definitely worth the perseverance on the front end. After reading this book you will understand why many believe BATF stands for Bad Attitude Toward Freedom.
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Summary: Mixed Bag But Overall A Pretty Fun Read
Review: Well.... this book is a pretty difficult one to rate. It is a real mixed bag from my personal perspective. The Good:
Okay I'll admit it.. the book is fun. I am an admitted member of the Gun Culture (as defined by the author) and Unintended Consequences leans toward that segment of the population who understand firearms as something more than evil tools of criminals. I also very much enjoyed the historical aspects of this book. The author could easily be accused for starting a new genre "contemporary-futuristic-historical fiction" hahahaha The book is set in the past, present, and future - and is made much more believable by referencing things of the past including, laws, people, personalities, and events. I found myself going to the web numerous times and looking up this or that from the book. I found most of the things noted in the book are directly historical or very close. This made it a lot more fun. The story is done very Tom Clancyesque... that is to say, there is a gradual and in depth development of the characters using a timeline and time stamps. This allows an in depth understanding of character motivation and some rather cool fore-shadowing. Like Clancy the author also uses past historical events and on-the-money technical descriptions to add believability to his story. The Bad:
There were a few things I did not like about this book. The first was that the ending was short and anticlamactic. After a detailed build up of the personalities involved the ending came abruptly, without the depth expected, and with a quaint little quote that did not do the rest of the book justice. Also on the negative side of the house, the technicalities of certain reloading data will be over the heads of most readers. It was over mine for sure. I skimmed through a paragraph here an there. The Ugly:
The reason that this book did not get 5 stars was that I was not at all thrilled with the morality of the main character. If gun-owners are to be portrayed in a positive light then why make liars out of them and add some unusual sexual proclivities to them. The details of cetain sexual encounters and or the sexual lives of the 'heroes' were present in too many places for me to highly reccommend this book. Sadly, the moral failings of the hero were a real detraction from the story. Still - this is a 'good' book. While I'd not call it great it was entertaining and if you can get past some of the details that do not move the story along, and if you can empathize with a hero who uses women to gain political (and probably psychological) goals then this is worth a read.
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Summary: Brilliant!!!!!!!
Review: Very well written book that kept my attention from the start. I reccomend this book to all the "gun grabbers" out there so they can see the Unintended Consequences of there actions. The book is filled with alot of facts and historically true situations. After reading it you will not only be amazed but will have a new hero by the name of henry Bowman....
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Summary: For real troopers only
Review: If you can navigate through this 1,000-pound book, you're a better man than I. You'll encounter jargon galore about shooting and be encumbered with details that only serve to slow down the book's tortoise-paced plot. The book's views on liberty and freedom are worth reading, but I wasn't able to digest this format. Sorry.
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Summary: Don't read this if you're from California
Review: I've noticed an interesting trend- this book is getting 4-5 stars from most of America with the exception of California readers who consistently rate it with 1 or 2 stars. Being from Boulder, CO. a place similar to California in many ways (we call it The People's Republic of Boulder)-I've seen similar trends locally-with a bit more realism due to our 'middle America' geography. A liberal Boulder reader would complain about style and content as much as a CA. liberal, but would at least give this book 3 stars due to the depth of knowledge conveyed to the reader. If the readers of this book in CA. are paying attention to what's going on with our civil liberties, they'd think twice about bashing this book. Is it overdone? Yes. Was there a reason? Of course... Mr. Ross wanted this book to sell so he used many of the tools common in popular fiction and he inserted one hell of a history lesson as well. Call me opinionated (I spent 10 years in California, so know it reasonably well) but anyone who gives this book 1 star doesn't understand what America is about and how unique and special a place it is. Ross get's across all of that and more. The good AND the bad. My suggestion to those who found this book lacking is they travel the world a bit more and visit places like Sao Paulo Brazil where upwards of 3 million children (according to city officials) live as 'packs' on the street looking for food, or almost any city in China where breathing the air requires a mask just to walk around the city (any city). They are very lucky to have been born in a country that is based on the principles America is based on. We American's have it better than anyone in the world, and it's because we believe in our freedom and we protect it as something near and dear to us. Those who don't know better, really, should get out of their manicured lawned homes in gated communities or their bohemian 'flat' and all black wardrobe's and look around a bit. Interestingly, being involved in the free radio movement, I have friends deeply steeped in the far left and the far right. It's surprising how similar they are in many ways-although they would all passionately deny it. This book is for both ends of the spectrum, and everyone in-between. What I would like to see from Mr. Ross next is an updated version of this book that takes into account all that has happened to our freedom and civil liberties since 911. I'm sure the Bush administrations intent is good, but the results of our 'security' are appalling. Ben Franklin himself said that you can have security or freedom, but not both (heavily paraphrased). Ah so true. I'm sure Mr. Rosses next book will be an exceptionally interesting (and equally scary) read.
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Summary: really good reading. could not put it down.
Review: You always wonder what will happen next. Poor Henry.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: If you trust the US government, this is not the book for you. An excellent book that uses historical references and facts to create a very provacative story. After reading this book I became enthralled with some of the facts John Ross included like Waco and Ruby Ridge. I was horrified at how little the "free" press actually reported.
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Summary: Gun Control Meets "Term Limits"
Review: This book was like reading "A History of Gun Control and Gov't Oppression" meets Vince Flynn's "Term Limits". It's L-O-N-G, but the reader is given a pretty accurate lesson in the history of gun control in America. Part fact, part fiction, the book touches on how much freedom we have lost and how much gov't. control over our daily lives has been incrementally instituted in America in just one generation. If you're looking for Pulitzer Prize winning character development and plot, this is not the book. However, if you enjoy any of the shooting sports, own a gun, or cherish freedom, you should read this one.
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Summary: Unintended Consequences
Review: This novel is very compelling to read. I was revited to the end, unable to put it down. The only complaint I have is soddy editing. Several times I was lost due to incomplete sentences and missing paragraphs or pages in the wrong order of sequence.
Making it hard read. I still recommend this book to be in anyone's collection.
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