On first glance, The Winds of War is an overwhelming book. At 885 pages / 365,879 words and taking place between March 1939 and December 1941, it's both dense in size and in scope. As a comparison, George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones is 835 pages / 292,727 words. And yet, I read it in three da...
It is conceivable that most unusual and extraordinary circumstances may arise in which the relief from duty of a commanding officer by a subordinate becomes necessary, either by placing him under arrest or on the sick list; but such action shall never be taken without the approval of the Navy Depart...
Where do I begin? Wouk expects us to believe that there was a single family that was involved the majority of the happenings of 1939-1941, and that the head of this family managed to meet every major war leader save Mussolini (and that his daughter-in-law sees him in person just to make things compl...
I read this a few years ago, after listing to Jimmy Buffett's concert CD of the play he made out of it. A fun cautionary tale about a middle-aged Broadway PR guy who has a mild heart attack and buys a hotel on a fictional Caribbean island. Very quickly Norman runs afoul of the trials and tribulati...
I tried hard, but I just can't stick it with this one. I guess I just can't read Wouk. I've tried a couple of his others. He knows how to write, but he's too long-winded for me. If you're going to like Marjorie Morningstar, you have to be familiar with (or at least care about) all the 1930s class...
Intensely involving and heartbreaking. As in the first book in this series, the main characters do seem to be at the center of each important moment of the war, but one forgives Wouk this transparent plot device fairly early on. I learned a lot from this book and didn't find myself skipping battles ...
This sprawling novel of WWII reminded me of the books my mother and I shared when I lived with her, only this one is far more well-written. This is the story of a family which fortuitously has a member in every place anything important happens. The main character meets all the heads of state, and ad...
these (the hope and the glory) were fun historical reads for me. after nearly 1400 pages between them, these characters will stay with me for a while - both the historical and the fictitious.
the recapture of jerusalem was awesome - even knowing the outcome in advance (this is historical fiction) it was really moving to read the reactions of soldiers and govt officials going to the holy sites.also, wouk did an excellent job of not being anti-arab in his telling. the story was definitely...
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