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4.0 out of 5 stars
A transition, October 14, 2006
This review is from: The Last Rebel: Survivor (Paperback)
In a way, the first book of the Last Rebel series is the end of the Ashes series. I enjoyed this book and believe it is a "must read" for anybody who enjoyed the Ashes series.
Though William Johnstone has departed this plane of existence and "ghost writers" have been writing the various series since his passing the basic "pablum for the masses" does not require the highest caliber of writers to create stories of this type.
I am one of the Ashes series fans who despaired of the route the author trod as the series matured. How I longed for a reappearance of the Prophet and despaired of the continual reemergence of the same old bad guys. But, these stories were intentional fluff written to entertain without requiring much thought. Sometimes we need some basic pablumy-like fluff to settle back with on a chill drizzly afternoon. For that, the Ashes and its follow-on, the Last Rebel series, is good enough for me.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I'd give it half a star if I could, May 18, 2005
This review is from: The Last Rebel: Survivor (Paperback)
As a big fan of the Ashes series, I've been disappointed of late with the last few books. Other reviewers have said that Mr. Johnstone is dead. I don't know if that is a fact or not. What I do know is that this book absolutely sucks. Poorly edited. No real plot. Survive plague, drive around, find dog, kill bad guys, find and fall in love with incredibly hot woman, kill more bad guys, girl gets kidnapped, hunt down kidnappers, kill them, and oh yeah, a big plot twist, this time the hero isn't quite in time, and the girl gets horribly disfigured. Those are the good points of the book. In an attempt to tie into the Ashes series, the new hero was with Raines when he died, and there are some Rebels left. However, there are no longer any women in the Rebel army, AND the timeline has been completely rewritten. The only positive thing to come out of this for was that I bought this waste of perfectly good paper USED!
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My 1st review at Amazon...., October 22, 2004
This review is from: The Last Rebel: Survivor (Paperback)
I read a great deal. From mystery to history to Science fiction to westerns to fantasy to just about anything... I have a fiction addiction..
That said..a Johnstone book is always a fun way to pass the time.. This is the first of a new series that springs out of the end of Johnstone's Ashes series... It's after a massive plague has killed most of humanity and Mountain Man comes out of the moutains to save humanity..
It's dark and broody, action filled, full of Mr. Johnstone's preaching about hope(one of the reasons to read a Johnstone book,IMO), freedom and responsiblity... If you like his other books ..you'll like this..don't look for major literature..it's just good old fashioned rip roaring mind candy...and that's what I want when I pick up one of his "end of the world books"..
His weterns, however...are far more to my taste when I want something deeper and better than simple mind candy..
All in all a fun read of a couple of hours...not a bad way to spend a cold rainy day.
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