Phil Preston

Big picture and message is 100% on the money, but I found the writing, constant name dropping and general style of the book so irritating that I have just abandoned it 2/3 of the way through.

There is also an apparent contradiction between his own lifestyle - which sounds quite carbon intensive - and the message he is preaching.

Difficult to come up with a rating, gave it 3 for strength of message, but on the generous side.

Read it when much younger - made an impact for the alt universe these characters seem to live in

Very interesting to get a perspective on race relations in the US at the time. Story was ok but didn't really transport me to any place magical. Recommended by Karen who said one of the best reads she'd had, so that probably meant it would never live up to expectations.

A long, boring read. The humour was too slapstick for mine. Maybe funny in its day but all I could think was that perhaps it was just one long dream, given that some of the scenarios were like things that occur in dreams (talking to guy in plane who couldn't hear and he kept repeating). Sorry for all the fans out there, I tried.

Loved it, partly because of its simplicity of writing style and relevance of the situation to challenges today - even though the cause of the holocaust is unknown - easy to suspect it is a global warming scenario; regardless, to live out what things would be like if social structures break down and animal instincts prevail is a scary place to go.