Can You Survive a Global Blackout?: An Interactive Doomsday Adventure

You Choose: Doomsday

by Matt Doeden

No computers. No lights. No phones. No running water. The world plunged into darkness and chaos. Could you survive a global blackout? When YOU CHOOSE what to do next in this eBook, the choices you make could mean the difference between life and death.

Genres: Adventure, Survival

Unknown Binding

First published August 1, 2015

About the author

Matt Doeden was born in southern Minnesota and lived parts of his childhood in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Madison, Minnesota. He studied journalism at Mankato State University, where he worked at the college newspaper for three years. In his senior year, he served as the paper's Sports Editor, which put him in charge of the entire sports section, the sports writers, and the photographers. He covered mostly college sports, but also the Minnesota Vikings, who held training camp at MSU.

His work allowed him to meet and interview people like Dennis Green, Cris Carter, Robert Smith, and more. Matt went on to work as a sports writer for the Mankato paper, and then he got a job as an editor with a small children's publisher called Capstone Press, and in 2003 he decided to start his own business as a freelance writer and editor.

Since then, Matt has written and edited hundreds of books. Lots of them are on high-interest topics like cars, sports, and airplanes. He also writes and edits on geography, science, and even math.

Reviews

[Seth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because you have choices, and it is hard wich way you will choose

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are great fun. Not so much a book as an interactive exercise. Looking forward to other books like this.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book.
Would have younger teens or very mature choldren read it as there is if incorrectly choosing some more realistic violent consequences whether thats accidental or involving nefarious kinds of violence. Was easy as an adult to achieve the goal of surviving long enough to reunite with parents - i always read read all the options though and they give various insights and scenarios that are good to prepare for. The person youre playing as is a teen of about 16 i believe. So not a child but certainly not an adult. Which is a pro and con depending on the situation. I feel this would be good for not only introducing survival skills prepping common sense independence etc to kids in a way they can control and learn from before the practical stuff but also any newcomers to prepping/survival/emergency situations many adults naively or just plain dumb wouldnt have a lick of an idea of any of this forget the interactive story tips but what an emp even is and what it does and what it would really mean ot that weve actually had them before and if they happen again well this story doesnt tell you for sure what happens since realistically very few people would know for sure what happened but the supercollider idea was certainly fun to throw in. Either way cant prepare for something even mentally if you dont even know the threat exists. So yeah id have this is a beginner prepper library no matter who that prepper is. And frankly unless youre amish or living in a third world country off grid and self sufficient already then everyone should be a prepper.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seriously, this series is SO MUCH FUN!

In my first read-through I stayed behind in the cabin for awhile, and then made my way to a farm and decided to just live there. I did end up reading through all the choices, and it seems like my first ending was probably the best one.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, I'm in my 40's. I loved this Choose Your Own Adventure book. I died several times and survived a couple. It brought back great memories of my youth.

[Saskia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I never survive these, but they are fun to read! Great and engaging for those who like to choose their own path in a book. :)

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Popsugar Challenge - 42 - A "choose-your-own-adventure" book

I'm not much of a Choose Your Own Adventure type of person but this one was a quick read and fun to try out a couple different endings (I wasn't satisfied with my first ending even though I did survive so I read it one more time.)

[Tariq · Rating 5 out of 5]

the book is very freaky and very violent

[American Mensa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can You Survive a Global Blackout? by Matt Doeden plunges you into a world of darkness by forces unknown. Dazed and confused, you and your friends must make a plan. This book is interactive, so whatever comes next is up to you. At each step in your journey you must decide what to do. Would you steal? Would you try to attack raiders or hide in fear? With 40 paths to take, choose wisely because a wrong answer might lead to your demise! This book feels somewhat rushed because many of the endings share redundant text and are very abrupt. However, the endings are realistic and the book definitely has the eerie atmosphere you would expect in a worldwide blackout, which is complimented by vivid illustrations. This book is a fun read, but it is very short with only 17 individual endings. I would have enjoyed learning more about each character’s personality. That said, I would still recommend this book to any younger group (8-13) as well as anyone who is curious if they would survive a global blackout. It also has information about how a real blackout might happen and how to survive it. This book is an entertaining and quick read that will do a good job answering the question Can You Survive a Global Blackout? I would survive a global blackout. Would you? I give it 4 shooting stars.
Reviewed by Zander H., age 13, Gulf Coast-America Mensa

[Jerome · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to read choose your own adventure books when I was younger; I'm glad to see them making a comeback by the way of these "Interactive Doomsday Adventures". I also think these will be popular with kids today because there is a lot of entertainment about "Doomsday" scenarios.
Global Blackout was well written and gave some good choices and had some intense ones too.

I think my overall favorite part about the book is that in end, after all the stories are told, the author gives real life facts about how a global blackout could happen, like CME (coronal mass ejections or solar flares), EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse)and even the possibility of meteor crashes. The author also gives tips on how to survive a global blackout as well as giving tips on making preparedness kit.

The stories(in this book)themselves are entertaining, while giving a level of possibility. I definitely am going to check out the other books in the series.

[Jaguar · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really intrigued me due to the survival factor to it. I found this book cool, and being it was a choose your own adventure book, it made it even cooler. Being able to decide my own decisions, and whether I would survive based on those decisions brought a cool factor it.

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