siampol

Surprisingly boring. Didn't finish. Edited to add: In the interest of safety, I'll expand on my previous review. As a funny book, it's not funny enough. As a survival guide, it's not accurate enough. The book promotes what I consider to be dangerous advice. For example, Brooks says that if the zombies are coming after you, fill your tubs with water, go to the second floor, and smash the stairs out beneath you. The water thing mirrors suggestions I've heard before (keep a fresh source available in case the lines go out), but I am not down with the whole removing-your-escape-route thing. The advice is built on an assumption of someone else coming to rescue you, which, in my opinion, is a terrible way to think about your own survival. Listen to this guy, Tom Brown Jr., instead. He also suggests that the machete is the perfect zombie-killing tool. So long your weapon doesn't get stuck in their melon, this seems like a reasonably preferable home defense option BUT if you've spent any amount of time learning with a different weapon, use that! The whole section on weapon selection is predicated on the belief that some weapons are objectively better than others. Clearly a butter knife is less favorable than a strong sword, but if you have just the right opportunity to tackle them from behind-and-to-the-side and drive your butter knife into their brainstem, it would be better than cutting off your own hand with an unfamiliar device. I really feel like the book should encourage martial arts training before the worst comes and promote people using weapons that are strength-, size-, and skill-level-appropriate -- and relative to the number of opponents. (I want that impractical flamethrower if I've got an elevated position and an oncoming horde.) I think Brooks does a disservice with his broad generalizations and I just hope it doesn't get anyone killed. Now, please stop recommending this book to me!

2022-11-14 16:34