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Opere di Don Keith

Firing Point (2012) 42 copie
Forever Season (1995) 10 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1947
Sesso
male
Breve biografia
http://www.donkeith.com/index.php?p=1...

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I enjoy a good submarine thriller and hadn't read anything by these authors before. I picked this title at random.

From a sub ops/strategy perspective, this is a top-notch read. The diversity and depth of technical and maneuvering aspects are excellent. You can certainly tell this was informed by a very experienced operator (Wallace). I enjoyed being taken on various submarines from three navies in this book. Some of the underwater gameplay was quite innovative, and not beyond the bounds of realism.

The special forces ops drama was quite good too, although I found the stereotypical 'hero' worship of the soldiers and officers a bit over the top. Do special forces people really spend much of their time 'grabbing coffees' and making lame dad jokes? Hope not.

I think the writing could do with a good edit too. Some of the prose was sloppy, and there was a general overuse of grandiose adjectives and adverbs.

I found the American world view in the story a bit irritating. Does EVERYONE who opposes Uncle Sam have to be a 'madman' and 'demented'? The antagonist in the story is clearly very talented and highly intelligent, but the authors label him as a crazed nut. Was he really all these things? Or is this what any anti-American is automatically labelled?

I found the characterization of American enemies to be melodramatic and one-dimensional. It's like the good 'ol USA is scared witless of anything that comes out of the Middle East, Pakistan/Afghanistan, or China. In some parts they are even described as the 'bad guys'. Really?

I might be wrong, but I don't recall a single female character in this whole book! Hmm.

In summary, a pretty good read if you're happy with a USA-centric, back-slapping, boys-own-adventure kind of story. The book doesn't pretend to be anything more than that.
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Nic.DAlessandro | Aug 3, 2021 |
A well-told tale in an interesting book about a man with an indomitable spirit. The antecedents of this book and its writing are almost unique and resulted in a story style that is easy to read and compelling in sustaining interest. There were many heroes in WW2, Captain Dixie certainly was one worth noting.
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jamespurcell | Apr 14, 2018 |
I enjoyed this book because it's a great story. However, the book seemed to jump around quite a bit. Details would be explained in one place and repeated later as if they hadn't already been explained. The story was a five; the book, because I like the story, I gave a three.
 
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Bibliophilus | 4 altre recensioni | Apr 5, 2014 |
The writing is staid, to say the least, but the story is solid. The first couple of chapters left me fearing the book would continue in the worst tradition of tell not show, however once it got into the accounts of actual events it picked up reasonably, and it is a story well worth reading.
 
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pratalife | 4 altre recensioni | Feb 9, 2014 |

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Opere
23
Utenti
362
Popolarità
#66,319
Voto
3.8
Recensioni
7
ISBN
60
Lingue
1

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