{"id":91,"date":"2012-05-31T20:41:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T00:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2019-06-01T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T23:00:31","slug":"praise-for-outlander-chronicles-phoenix-from-readers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/?page_id=91","title":{"rendered":"Praise for <i>Outlander Chronicles: Phoenix<\/i> from readers and reviewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Michael Krauszer of Christian Literature Review posted a partial review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/874984315?book_show_action=false&amp;from_review_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads<\/a>, in which he leads off with: &#8220;<span id=\"reviewTextContainer874984315\" class=\"readable\"><span id=\"freeText2512310138541819895\"><strong><em>A fascinating post-apocalyptic and coming of age story. C.H Cobb has impressed me with his creative tale, depth of characters, and the morality that is weaved throughout the plot.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; He gave the book four out of five stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>An Amazon reviewer going by the handle &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/pdp\/profile\/ACLQ8CUDKU6G3\/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windowplant<\/a>&#8221; titles her review &#8220;<strong><em>I came in skeptical and totally loved this book<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; She said, &#8220;<strong><em>I loved reading this book and I can&#8217;t wait for more of the story! It gave me so much to think about, which I love in a book, and it was a exciting read, too! It raised ideas I had never thought about before, as well as presenting familiar ones in a new way. Cobb is very effective at evoking a world that is both radically different from our own, and also not so distant in possibility. . . .<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; She gave the book five out of five stars! You can read her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Outlander-Chronicles-C-H-Cobb\/product-reviews\/0984887504\/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=0&amp;sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R33TMTJ2QLKV8S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full review here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>&#8220;The characters are well developed, peeling back layers one at a time just as happens in real life when you meet a person and remain associated with him for many years. You care about the characters because you can see yourself in each of them.<\/h2>\n<h2>The story moves at a steady, quick pace. Once you start reading, you&#8217;ll lose track of time until you&#8217;re done. And identifying who is the &#8220;Outlander&#8221; is a good literary quiz for the reader.<\/h2>\n<h2>In short, a very fine work . . .&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>&#8220;With two incredibly strong main characters, <em>Phoenix<\/em> tells a story of a world lost and people who are desperate . . . I was completely enthralled in this story from beginning to end.&#8221;\u00a0 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.captivatedreading.com\/review-outlander-chronicles-phoenix-outlander-chronicles-1-by-c-h-cobb\/\">Click to read entire review by\u00a0 the Captivated Reading Book Blog<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201cThis is a well paced voyage into a future devastated by biological warfare. The survivors are divided between those who seek to retain a moral code and thereby rebuild civilization, and those who don&#8217;t. Combining thought-provoking dialogue and brisk action, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants a peek into what the world could become if the west&#8217;s moral force continues to erode.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201cAn enjoyable and thought-provoking read.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201cI couldn&#8217;t put the book down until I had read through the whole thing! Very well written . . . , and it seems as if it could almost be prophetic, considering the awful world we live in. Can&#8217;t wait to read the next volume!\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201cStarting on page one you had my attention and it was a page-turner all the way through.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201cI picked up your book on Saturday and couldn&#8217;t put it down!\u00a0 I really enjoyed the book.\u00a0 Great mix of entertaining and thoughtful, suspense and interpersonal relationships, etc.\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>\u201c. . . this is coming from a guy who historically doesn&#8217;t like to read fiction&#8230;.in fact he doesn&#8217;t like to read&#8230;.but, I thoroughly enjoyed Phoenix. . .\u201d<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2>&#8220;I just finished your book.\u00a0 I LIKED it!\u00a0 The story moved along at a good, crisp pace; it was well written; the characters truly lived; the dialogue rang true and didn\u2019t get bogged down . . . &#8220;<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Michael Krauszer of Christian Literature Review posted a partial review on Goodreads, in which he leads off with: &#8220;A fascinating post-apocalyptic and coming of age story. C.H Cobb has impressed me with his creative tale, depth of characters, and &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/?page_id=91\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":896,"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}