Life After War Box Set 13 eBook Angela White
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Untold Miles of Lawless, Apocalyptic Roads
Fated to lead New America, seven gifted people survive a nuclear apocalypse only to find themselves on a cross-country quest through horrors that will shake the very core of who they thought they were. These long-denied protectors of humanity are destined to rebuild their country…if they can stay alive long enough to find each other.
This file contains the first three books of the Life After War series
- The Survivors
- Adrian’s Eagles
- Nuclear Ashes
Need to Know Information
Title LAW Box Set
Books 1-3 of Life After War
Edition 2017
Length 2644 pages
Author ©Angela White
Publisher C9 Publications
ISBN# 978-1-945927-41-6
Next in series Dystopian Stand Book 4 or LAW Box Set 4-6
Related to series Alexa’s Travels, Marc and Dog
Life After War Box Set 13 eBook Angela White
First off, it's confusing that one of the main characters has the same name as the author. Is she an author insert or did the author choose her pen name based on the name of her character?Second of all, the first book doesn't conclude anything at the end. I know how series work, I know not everything is going to be tied up at the end of the first book, but in each book there's supposed to be some conflict that gets resolved- otherwise there's no reason to make it a separate book from the next one.
The writing itself isn't very good. There were lots of phrases that I felt inclined to mock. I wish I had highlighted them so I could give you examples. At one point there are Mexican characters who would say something in Spanish and then say the same thing in English, which isn't a thing people do when they speak in their second language- seemed like the author was just showing off that she knows some Spanish, or that she can use Google translate. There were footnotes with various facts about the US military that either weren't necessary or should have been worked into the context. When she introduces Kenn and Charlie, she refers to Charlie as both "the teenager" and "the child" which for a couple pages led me to believe that Charlie was a kid and Kenn was a teenager when in fact Kenn is an adult. She kept referring to Kenn and Charlie as "the males" which was pretty odd. One of the characters has a wolf/dog hybrid that definitely does not act like it has any wolf in it. I'm not squeamish but a lot of the violence, especially sexual violence, was definitely gratuitous.
It's really hard to tell the author's stance on the ethics of various situations that her characters encounter where I think there should be a clear stance. For example, the character Adrian is portrayed as a kind of savior. At one point he rapes a woman as punishment for her habit of sexing her way to power and causing conflict. He thinks this is necessary because he had previously determined that his punishments for crimes wouldn't apply to women but he had to find some way to punish her. I am unclear whether the author is saying that in a post-apocalyptic world this sort of punishment for bad behavior would be necessary and this is a clever move by Adrian (something I fervently disagree with- there is never a justified reason to rape someone) or if she's saying that people who style themselves as saviors the way Adrian is are actually awful people (I could get behind that, but it seems unlikely to be the intended message given how the victim is villainized), or if this isn't even an ethical statement and the scene is just there for shock value or to set up a later plot point. I think that when authors get into issues like this they need to either be clear on what ethics they're endorsing or clearly pose a question. White does neither of these things, she just throws the scene in there with no ethical context besides the idea that Adrian is a savior and what the reader brings in themself. We don't even see Adrian struggling with the idea of committing rape, it's so casual. It wouldn't bother me as much if Adrian was clearly portrayed as a villain, but thus far he's been glorified. I wish I lived in a society in which I could just trust that everyone understands that rape is in all contexts an atrocity, but since America is rife with rape apologism, I worry that this kind of scene feeds into that mentality.
There was a lot in this book that indicated that the author probably strongly disagrees with my politics. There was a lot of nationalist kinds of things- you know, characters caring a lot about patriotism and being American. That seemed weird given that in the book the government was messed up, the American people were all awful, and the land itself was pretty much destroyed. So what's left? Many of the characters are military guys. It seems like the only people trying to organize at all are the military guys and Mexican slavers (cue scene of anti-Mexican racism), obviously the military guys are the good ones of the two- otherwise all is chaos without government. It seems pretty unlikely to me that military guys would be the only ones organizing people in an apocalypse situation. Where are the boy/girl scout leaders with their wilderness survival skills? Where are the political activists and local government leaders with their experience organizing people? And while I'm sure there would be some individuals who would lose their sense of morality in the absence of law enforcement, I don't think the majority would be like that. Even if you assume people don't have empathy or analyze ethics like philosophers, I think the majority would be struggling to cling to what normalcy they could, including moral behavior.
And of course there's a lot of sexist nonsense. Men are all either strong protectors or predators (or both at once) while women are kinda helpless and domestic except when they're portrayed as wh*res. At one point it's implied that a guy betraying his country is having a harder life than a teenage sex slave. This same traitor has been in jail for sex with teenage girls, which I guess is fine given that he seems to be a villain, but then the romantic interest of the character with the authors name has had sex with her when she was a teenager and he was an adult.
So yeah, I find this book kind of repulsive. I respect the author's bravery in self-publishing and I wish I could give her a good review, but I just can't.
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Life After War Box Set 13 eBook Angela White Reviews
It is unbelievable the way nature responds to all-out nuclear war. In this series, small groups of people do their best to survive nature's onslaught. Some are out to enslave others and become kings of their own little territories. Safe Haven is there to find survivors and give them clean food, water, medical care, and a caring community. To do this, they have attracted numerous people with special gifts. Now they must train these people, some of them children and teens, to use their gifts to serve others.
It's a fascinating idea, but the powers behind those gifts are clearly called witches and demons. In subsequent books, gifted women can't get all the energy they need from one permanent lover (husband), they need two. This gets a little weird for me and I quit reading. My opinion is that it makes sense--evil always skews God's plan, and this is what is happening in these books, much as the characters desperately try to be selfless and pure. Of course, the basic idea is that nuclear war has screwed everything up, so now we need something other than what God had in mind or is prepared to offer. Maybe so, but I can assure you it will not end well.
I don't think I've ever read a book with such a crazy writing style. And I've read a lot of books. It introduced so many characters jumping from person to person that I was confused about who all these people were. I've read books that will jump between 2 different characters who will eventually join up, but this was ridiculous. The jumping point of views drove me a little crazy too. I didn't really need to know exactly what this random minor character was thinking. Eventually in book 3 some of the characters met up and two of the other characters who were elsewhere in the world were completely forgotten about. What was their purpose? I didn't feel like they added anything to the "main" story yet. Were they going to show up later again in another book? The timeline wasn't very clear and it seemed to contradict itself on occasion. I still have no idea how long it had been since the war and when most people were killed. This series is obviously geared toward an adult reader. So much gratuitous violence and rape. Everyone is afraid of the evil Mexican slavers, who kill, pillage, and rape their way through any remaining towns, turning the kidnapped women into sex slaves. The American Red Cross group makes it it's mission to rescue any people they can. Of course, the Americans aren't portrayed as perfect either. The scene was almost comical when one guy was doing the town whore, another came in and punched the guy out, and proceeded to rape the town whore himself. So, even though the Americans claim to follow the "old ways" where women have equal rights the author seems to suggest that the fall of government and civilization in general means men revert to cave men. It also seems strange that even though the setting of the books seemed to be the "real" world as we know it (at least pre-war), there are some supernatural things thrown in. One character makes reference to a demon living inside him and another a witch living inside her. I guess I'd like to know what purpose the demon and witch will have, but not enough to buy the other books.
The concept of life after global destruction was what attracted me. My interest held in books 1-3 but began to lessen towards the end of book 3. The reason? The series was becoming more of an unrequited romance, fantasy novel with less emphasis on survival. The series is very much a female's story (no surprise there given the romance novel tone). I have now read book 4 and about a quarter of the way through book 5. I was hoping the author might swing back to more of the survival aspect but I was wrong. I'm not sure I'll read the other books in the series. If I do, it will be to find out what happens to one particular character.
First off, it's confusing that one of the main characters has the same name as the author. Is she an author insert or did the author choose her pen name based on the name of her character?
Second of all, the first book doesn't conclude anything at the end. I know how series work, I know not everything is going to be tied up at the end of the first book, but in each book there's supposed to be some conflict that gets resolved- otherwise there's no reason to make it a separate book from the next one.
The writing itself isn't very good. There were lots of phrases that I felt inclined to mock. I wish I had highlighted them so I could give you examples. At one point there are Mexican characters who would say something in Spanish and then say the same thing in English, which isn't a thing people do when they speak in their second language- seemed like the author was just showing off that she knows some Spanish, or that she can use Google translate. There were footnotes with various facts about the US military that either weren't necessary or should have been worked into the context. When she introduces Kenn and Charlie, she refers to Charlie as both "the teenager" and "the child" which for a couple pages led me to believe that Charlie was a kid and Kenn was a teenager when in fact Kenn is an adult. She kept referring to Kenn and Charlie as "the males" which was pretty odd. One of the characters has a wolf/dog hybrid that definitely does not act like it has any wolf in it. I'm not squeamish but a lot of the violence, especially sexual violence, was definitely gratuitous.
It's really hard to tell the author's stance on the ethics of various situations that her characters encounter where I think there should be a clear stance. For example, the character Adrian is portrayed as a kind of savior. At one point he rapes a woman as punishment for her habit of sexing her way to power and causing conflict. He thinks this is necessary because he had previously determined that his punishments for crimes wouldn't apply to women but he had to find some way to punish her. I am unclear whether the author is saying that in a post-apocalyptic world this sort of punishment for bad behavior would be necessary and this is a clever move by Adrian (something I fervently disagree with- there is never a justified reason to rape someone) or if she's saying that people who style themselves as saviors the way Adrian is are actually awful people (I could get behind that, but it seems unlikely to be the intended message given how the victim is villainized), or if this isn't even an ethical statement and the scene is just there for shock value or to set up a later plot point. I think that when authors get into issues like this they need to either be clear on what ethics they're endorsing or clearly pose a question. White does neither of these things, she just throws the scene in there with no ethical context besides the idea that Adrian is a savior and what the reader brings in themself. We don't even see Adrian struggling with the idea of committing rape, it's so casual. It wouldn't bother me as much if Adrian was clearly portrayed as a villain, but thus far he's been glorified. I wish I lived in a society in which I could just trust that everyone understands that rape is in all contexts an atrocity, but since America is rife with rape apologism, I worry that this kind of scene feeds into that mentality.
There was a lot in this book that indicated that the author probably strongly disagrees with my politics. There was a lot of nationalist kinds of things- you know, characters caring a lot about patriotism and being American. That seemed weird given that in the book the government was messed up, the American people were all awful, and the land itself was pretty much destroyed. So what's left? Many of the characters are military guys. It seems like the only people trying to organize at all are the military guys and Mexican slavers (cue scene of anti-Mexican racism), obviously the military guys are the good ones of the two- otherwise all is chaos without government. It seems pretty unlikely to me that military guys would be the only ones organizing people in an apocalypse situation. Where are the boy/girl scout leaders with their wilderness survival skills? Where are the political activists and local government leaders with their experience organizing people? And while I'm sure there would be some individuals who would lose their sense of morality in the absence of law enforcement, I don't think the majority would be like that. Even if you assume people don't have empathy or analyze ethics like philosophers, I think the majority would be struggling to cling to what normalcy they could, including moral behavior.
And of course there's a lot of sexist nonsense. Men are all either strong protectors or predators (or both at once) while women are kinda helpless and domestic except when they're portrayed as wh*res. At one point it's implied that a guy betraying his country is having a harder life than a teenage sex slave. This same traitor has been in jail for sex with teenage girls, which I guess is fine given that he seems to be a villain, but then the romantic interest of the character with the authors name has had sex with her when she was a teenager and he was an adult.
So yeah, I find this book kind of repulsive. I respect the author's bravery in self-publishing and I wish I could give her a good review, but I just can't.
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