Solar Flare

Fairly intriguing but I was left kind of feeling like it was a waste of my time.

I started reading this book and was hooked. Couldn't put it down. The author, i think, was an economist and a Christian, so it definitely has a very interesting view of a not too-impossible, sci-fi-ish world event. Thought it was well-written and exciting!

I love this book! yes it is easy to read, but it shows how some people must make descisions fast to survive. It shows how a solar flare hits earth and everything electrical dies. How people all over the USA have to move to camps and we can relate this to our time now and how we must be thankful for what we have and should not waste it. It is good for a non-beliver just getting to know Jesus Christ and how others deal with it too. And tells some really cool fight scenes and how people in our world can be so vile. Hope this was helpful!Good book!

If you take the time to read all of the reviews on this book as I have, you will come away with a certain degree of confusion. You have 8th graders telling you that they are bored (...a rather standard attitude stance of their age group) and college instructors analyzing the book to death. Perhaps I can help you better in your choice. First, something about me. I do not have TV. I made a personal choice to get rid of it years ago, and because of that I have already gone through the withdrawal of needing to have immediate minute-by-minute sense gratification. So, if you are a TV-holic, probably like the bored 8th graders, do not buy this book. You will require an imagination and clear inner eye which, if you are a TV-holic, will be greatly dimmed. If you are a person who has problems with conservative Christian principals, do not read this book. Those of us who do have conservative Christian principals will not dislike you because you do not share the same principals, though many of us would greatly appreciate you reducing your whining. Larry Burkett is quite a well-known Christian author, and so I am confused by some people who would buy a book by a known Christian author and then complain about the Christian principals within it. If you don't like Christian oriented books, just don't buy them. I read all kinds of books by both well-known and lesser-known authors. When I pick a book to read, I do not spend my time comparing one author to another or one book to another. Why would I compare Tony Hillerman to John Grisham or Larry Burkett to Frank Peretti. I have read all of these authors many times over, but I have never wasted my time comparing one to the other. I simply read the book. So, if you are a bored 8th grader...don't read this book. If you are someone who wants to analyze a book to death...don't read this book. However, if you want to read a book that requires YOU to become involved instead of just being brain-slammed as those who are TV-holics, then you will find this book to be a fun book to read. And for those of you out there who just MUST compare authors, this book will not take you away to the dessert's of Tony Hillerman's Navajo people, it will not tell you how to "skip Christmas" as Mr. Grisham's novels would, and it will not scare you senseless like Frank's writings will....however, it will make you think about what actually CAN happen in the event of a major solar flare (which, by the way, is fully understood by former NASA employee, Larry Burkett) and how people would survive it by pulling together and maintaining standards of personal conduct.

I thought this book was extremely thought out and was verymoral. If you are a liberal you might find some parts of the noveloffensive but it is still an extremely well thought out book. I also did research on solar flares and the destruction that can be caused is truthful but only on a grand scale. Everyday the earth gets hit with solar winds which are electromagnetically charged that's what causes the aurora borealis (northern lights), and solar flares are higher concentrated solar winds which poor out of a corornal hole (a tear in the surface of the sun). END

If you like the unknown - this is a great adventure type