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Not Garth Nixs is best, but not his worse either

Revisado: 04-21-25

Reasonable story. The characters were a little bit, annoying, and to some extent it was a bit formula. On the other hand, it’s much more straightforward without the unusual gender relations of some of his newer books.
I still prefer the old kingdom

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The best of the best

Revisado: 01-11-25

Obviously, this one is a little bit more epic than the other stories. Has lost which the other ones don’t have. Very well done.

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Fun story

Revisado: 12-11-24

Great story and very funny at times. Sometimes gets a little too much but overall a fun story

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A compelling and interesting story

Revisado: 11-23-24

The first book I’ve read on Fort Sumter in the beginning of the war. I found it compelling and found the first person accounts very interesting. However, I still feel that contemporary historical versions of why the war was fought and what the southerners were fighting for, has pendulum from southern honor to it’s all about slavery. The truth, I still feel is somewhere in between. In this case, the authors use of Edward Ruffin and Mary Chestnut, tend to in advertently paint most if not all southerners with the brush of despicable racism. I wish he had elaborated more on the point of view of those people who we’re not so easily despised, such as Robert E Lee
One aspect I did appreciate was his discussion of Edward Stanton whose conduct towards General Sherman at the end of the war is abominable
I also enjoyed the discussion of why James Buchanan is clearly the worst president we have ever had.

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An interesting take on the idea of death being part of our lives

Revisado: 09-23-24

I continue to enjoy these stories. This particular one was very fascinating, particularly in the concept of what would’ve happened if society had rejected the choice of the dark one.

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Lovely story

Revisado: 10-12-23

It’s been awhile since I have read a book so satisfying. Listen if you need something to make you feel good

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Great Story

Revisado: 02-17-23

One of the better books in the series. But I sped it up to 1.2x because it was read so slowly

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A good book for diehard Tolkien fans

Revisado: 01-26-23

I am an intense Tolkien fan. I found this one very interesting, although the first part of it was hard to get through because it was honestly a little dry. Once I got used to the fact that they would be constantly interrupting the story with commentary it worked. It worked even better once it got past, describing the flora and fauna of Numenor and getting to the actual story.

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Excellent biography of general Sherman which I enjoyed it very much

Revisado: 11-19-22

I have never known a lot about general Sherman. I had heard he was a Civil War general, and everybody had heard about Shermans march to the sea. Not surprisingly, he was a much more complicated figure.

The most important post he ever had, was being quartermaster. It was his ability to manage logistics which made him such a successful general. This is not to be emphasized his strategic abilities he developed at West Point. However What really made his accomplishments most meaningful was his ability to move a very large army through the countryside without a supply train in tow. This was the reason for his success at Chattanooga, Atlanta, across Georgia to Savannah, and into south and North Carolina

I appreciate how the author gave a full picture of him warts and all if you will. he was an excellent general and a very good friend, but a bitter enemy and had some opinions that are probably not politically correct at this point. For those who will despise him because of this, my response is that it’s important to look at historical figures in the world they lived in not to judge them by today’s standards which would’ve been so foreign to them that they probably wouldn’t of even comprehend them. Certainly his opinions towards both African-Americans and Indians is not acceptable by today’s standards. However they largely reflected the opinions that the majority of people had at that time. Furthermore, it should be remembered that many of the freedoms enjoyed now are the result of actions by general Sherman. While it is probably not correct to say that without general Sherman the north would not have won the Civil War, the loss of him and several other key generals very well could make that a reality.

It is a bit of a slow read at the beginning, and really didn’t get particularly interesting until he got to West Point and particularly after Gila left West Point. I had never known that he left the army for a time. I also did not know that he had spent his early army years both in the south and in San Francisco. While I disagree with his opinions on a number of things, including that of religion and of the desirability of living in the southwest, I known the less respect him for all that he did and all that he was.

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Good but not Philbricks best

Revisado: 05-14-22

I’ve previously listen to several Mr. Philbrocks books, so I anticipated another well-than story. But to Lord Voldemort, “I find myself disappointed.“ The story at times dragged, and I feel that he could’ve pulled it with fewer words and fewer chapters.

He seemed bent on unmasking and revealing many of the characters is less than worthy and flawed, which is common in historical novels, but he seem to take to an extreme with this particular book. He particularly seem to enjoy depicting the early revolutionaries as uncouth and civilized cruel ununited and generally reprehensible. Granted he didn’t depict the Tories in British in any better of a light, but at the end of it it just seems like he was disparaging everyone. It’s not that I think that they were perfect people, in fact I’m sure that they weren’t. But sometimes the negativity got extreme.

By the end of the book, I was ready to be done and not inclined to read another one of his books, which is unfortunate because it was reading one of his previous works that made me decide to buy this one

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