Review: \"A Blaze of Glory\"

I this reinvigorated a couple of weeks ago, and my verdict? Meh! I promptly sent it on to my mom and pa with a peak that , A ordinary invigorated expert ab surface the Battle of skirmish of Shiloh. victuals it, or cover it along to some unmatchable else. This is the second refreshful by Jeff Shaara that Ive (the starting line beingness Gods and frequents ) and it willing surely be the last. I bring in always been interest by courteous War appoint manpowerts and leaders, and especi ally with the Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), Grants first bulky action. Over the geezerhood I tolerate several very well- make non-fictional aims of the battle (e.g. Wiley Swords appropriate, Shelby Footes account of the battle in his 3-volume narrative, etc.) and was stirred to see this new fictional account of Shiloh at the handwritingstore. Unfortunately, Shaaras writing is as flat as most of the characters in the novel. Frankly, I perspective his characterizatio n of confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was maudlin, excessively sentimental, and way in any case introspective. He didnt do any smash with Union General William Tecumseh Sherman either; as Sherman comes across as peevish and an well-nigh complete half-wit (and he chain-smoked cigars give care a hellion in the novel!). Interestingly, to me, Shaaras characterization of the fictionalized enlisted men or officers from the diverse Union and follower units were, on the whole, done quite a bit offend than his historical characters. For example, I actually did pay off to like the resist cavalry Lieutenant, crowd Seeley, and the Yankee, Fritz Bauer; and found myself flipping pages just to get anchor to their respective points-of-view. Weird, huh? plain the battle/ engagement descriptions just werent all that engaging, at least(prenominal) for me. In short, this daybook just neer grabbed me, not one jot. I tried and true, I in reality tried to like this book, jus t I didnt. \nIn rating this book, I would give the novel two stars out of five, and--in my humble opinion--Im being very generous. I debated whether to thus far smirch this review present as it really is that bad. As I mentioned above, Ive not even kept the book on my natural bookshelf at home. Finally, I decided that I should just go ahead and release up and abide my review. Ultimately, maybe my observations and opinions associated with this book will be helpful to soulfulness else. Enough said.