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2.0 out of 5 stars
I AM SOOOO NOT HAPPY!, August 7, 2011
So I came across this series in 1997 when I was in the US NAVY. I found the special edition "Prairie Blood" and the 20th book "Wolf Pack". I read them both while at sea and liked both of them. Our ships library didn't have any other titles so, I had to wait until I came home to read other books in the series. I found out that there were dozens of books in the series and being that space and money were limited, I didn't get around to reading any other ones.
Now we have this new thing called "KINDLE". I kept giving excuses why I didn't need one to people who would ask if I had one. I was messing around on Amazon a few weeks back and I remembered the Wilderness series from more than a decade before. Now there are even more than I remembered, obviously. I still don't have the space for that many paper books but, at least money isn't a problem anymore. So, I checked to make sure that the first book was available in Kindle and to my delight it was. I purchased a Kindle and the first book I purchased was Wilderness #1 King of the Mountain.
I started reading it with much anticipation and happiness. Right away I knew something was wrong. The transfer from paper to digital was awful. Very poor spell check and in some cases it seemed like flat out omissions of sentences maybe even paragraphs. By not having read the book before I wasn't sure. I kept going and things seemed to get better with less spelling errors and less possibilities of gaps in the story. Then you get to the very end of the epilogue and the sentence before the last one led me to believe they left something out again. Not certain but it left me wondering.
So, with all my trepidations with the first book I started doing some research. I find out that after the second title, "YOU CANT GET THE 3RD ON YOUR KINDLE"!!!!! WTF! My reading of the 1st book wasn't very enjoyable. The story was great but the format sucked. I'll get to read the 2nd book if I want but then either have to buy the next several in paper back or wait and hope they become available on Kindle. Or jump ahead to the next available Kindle title. Then go back at a later date and read the ones I missed. HOW THE HELL IS ALL OF THIS SUPPOSED TO BE ENJOYABLE!!!!!
No, here's what I will do. I will put the Kindle on the shelf somewhere and let it sit with my Prairie Blood and Wolf Pack titles. When Kindle, Amazon, the publishers, the spell checkers, the typers, and whoever else are making these BS decisions get their heads out of you know where, I'll come back and gladly spend my money on a decent product.
Note to author David Thompson: Dude, I love the ones I have read and want to read the rest. I'm just not sure I can get this Kindle taste out of my mouth for some time. I'll be back as a reader of your work some day. Keep doing what you are doing!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Important introduction to Thompson's great Wilderness series., June 28, 2010
I have enjoyed a few of Thompson's novels that came along later in this 'Wilderness' series. I became interested in the how the characters 'started out.' This book, being the first of the series written, explains the origins of the main characters, etc. I will probably now read the novels in the actual sequence * ** written.
Aug. 21, 2010 UPDATE: My notion of reading this series in * sequence has proven worthwhile. I am on novel no. 5. At the rate of speed that I read, I have y-e-a-r-s of enjoyment with "Wilderness" ahead of me. I am thankful for the Amazon book sellers which continue to make this out-of-print sequel available.
Aug. 6, 2011 UPDATE: Two observations offered -
1. I am now on 'Wilderness' book no. 21, I can report that in nearly every novel there is some reference to an event chronicled in a preceding novel, ** affirming to me, for me, the value of reading this series in sequence.
2. The easiest way I have found to 'look-up' these novels on Amazon is to simply put in quotes "Wilderness #x" with 'x' being the sought numbered novel in the series, e.g., "Wilderness #1" will bring up this subject reviewed book..... "Wilderness #18" will bring up Mountain Cat Wilderness #18. By just using the no. one need not have to fuss around with knowing the exact title wording.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rocky Mountain Adventure, February 27, 2010
If you're an affectionado of the mountain man era, or long for the freedom that wilderness living brings, this tale will introduce to the saga that David Thompson has authored in his fifty-nine + books. When Nate King's uncle Zeke sends a letter asking Nate to share a treasure, little does Nate know what he is in for. Filled with action, the story moves right along, right up to the end.
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