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Grow Up, Ken

Revisado: 09-24-20

Grow Up, Ken

Overall, this book is entertaining, albeit formulaic. But Ken's insistence on inserting violent and pornographic scenes is adolescent at best.

I was left with a bad taste after finishing it. What the purpose is of adding vivid scenes of rape, torture and infanticide is hard to understand. Excitement? These scenes add nothing to the storyline except misogynistic titillation. There are more mature ways of adding excitement to a narrative.

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More Than a Story About a Bridge

Revisado: 08-16-17

This book is extraordinary. Yes, it tells about the building of one of the great marvels of engineering, perhaps of all modern history, th Brooklyn Bridge. But this story is interwoven with and enriched by a fascinating aubiographical history of the remarkable men who designed and constructed this amazing bridge; coupled with an in depth narrative history of the political, cultural and sociological history of New York, Brookly, New Jersey, Pensylvania and the United States, from early in the 1800's through the end of the 19th century. All in all, one of the best books of recent years, we'll written and well performed.

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Amazing Story, And It's True

Revisado: 05-23-17

This is the story of a young Italian man, who was in his late teens during the last 3 years of WWII, and it is amazing,, even more so because it is a true story. This is a story of a man following his faith and serving in the Catholic underground railroad guiding Jewish refuges from Fascist Milan through the dangerous Alps passes to Switzerland. It's also a love story as he meets the love of his life in the midst of war, while he is also serving the Allies as a spy, working within the highest levels of the German High Command in Italy. Performed very well, this is an exciting and engaging book that it is a pleasure to highly recommemd.

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FANTASTIC

Revisado: 04-27-17

This is the third and final volume of Catton's narrative history of the American Civil War, and it is as fantastic as the first two volumes. Catton weaves a rich fabric of military, political and cultural facts and insights, drawing on a wide variety of records, documents, reports and other writings left by the War's participants and contemporaries, to present an insightful and highly engaging picture of the war and the United States and the American people that were so violently transformed by it .

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Great Narrative History -Production not so Good

Revisado: 03-27-17

This is the second volume of the three volume civil war narrative history. Catton's work is outstanding. The technical production feels like the editors stopped at the rough cut. the long silent gaps and pauses between sections and some chapters and parts are distracting and verging toward annoying, diminishing the overall enjoyment.

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FASCINATING

Revisado: 02-11-17

This is the first off three a three volume narrative history of the American Civil War, covering the Antebellum years trough the opening battle at Manassas Junction, VA, along the banks of Bull Run. Catton provides details and invaluable insights into the politics, economics, passions, sociological and cultural factors and, importantly, the people that came together to bring about the bloody devision and rebirth of the United States that still resonates and helps shape the US today. This series is comparable to, and in the same class of excellence as the like series by Shelby Foote and James McPherson. Highly recommended for any serious student of Civil Was history.

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Below Average for Scarpetta

Revisado: 12-04-16

Chaos is not quite up to par compared to prior Scarpetta books. The story is a bit thinner than most, with many sub-plots that seem to wander around at length, but end up unresolved and go nowhere; until the end of the book, when everything is explained quickly, somewhat simplistically and summarily. Also, the loop-backs to prior books and prior events in this book were unduly detailed, and descriptions of scenes and places seemed distracting, overdone, hyper-detailed and contained many unnecessary or irrelevant material that added little. Kay needs a new storyline and under lying plot to freshen this series.

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Vintage Gresham

Revisado: 11-23-16

this was a good novel and fairly typical of moss of Gresham's stories, which unfold with a predictable pattern. It was a little slow in the middle, but was still a good read overall. Recommended for light fun way to pass time.

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Another Great Jack Jr. Story

Revisado: 11-06-16

this book is a credit to the Clancy tradition of thriller story telling. There are lots of twists and turns, yet the story is cohesive and believable. Well done!

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Simply Great

Revisado: 10-23-16

Shelby Foote is a world class storyteller and tells this story, the story of the transformational event in US history, the Civil War, in a wonderfully comprehensive and uniquely personable way. I highly recommend all three volumes of this treasure.

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