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Pros
From here to eternity and the thin red line are two of the best books in the series. The trilogy begins prior to wwii and continues through perl harbor. The pearl harbor scenes, jones was actually at peral during the attack, are priceless. The second ... Read More
Cons
The resulting hash is truly unreadable. It's no wonder that my uncle was a messed up alcoholic.
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I heartily recommend these books not just to world war ii buffs and military fiction fans but to anyone fascinated with the human condition
Arguably it makes more sense to buy from here to eternity and the thin red line separately assuming the pricing works out
Fair warning anyone familiar with the movie version of from here to eternity for example can look forward to a lot more gritty ... Read More
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here, great, red and thin. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 177 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 11 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The same main characters thinly disguised appear in each of the three books
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The books while fascinating are anything but easy to read because jones writing from his own experience as a serviceman in the second world war tells all of the truth
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The one big disappoimtment is that the final three chapters of whistle were outlined by jones but not completed before his death in 1977 at the age of 55
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The official line is that the book was completed from these notes by his friend willie morris but that is stretching the truth
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The final chapters read more like outlines much of the rich inner life of the characters is missing
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Rank and file soldiers are sent as cannon fodder into hopeless situations for as one character puts it property
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I recalled “martin eden” where the hero drops himself into the cold ocean not being able to withstand the pain of mental torture
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