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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Extraordinary. Michael Shaara takes us into the minds of the Generals and soldiers on the eve of and during the Battle of Gettysburg. I learned more about history than ever I had in school. And the philosophy! Why they acted as they did, the emotional toil on them as they made the decision to attack or defend to the death, the anguish of duty vs friendship (Armistead vs Hancock). Beautifully written.
concierge, library, own, book club, pulitzer, civil war, war, historical fiction, american history
Extraordinary. Michael Shaara takes us into the minds of the Generals and soldiers on the eve of and during the Battle of Gettysburg. I learned more about history than ever I had in school. And the philosophy! Why they acted as they did, the emotional toil on them as they made the decision to attack or defend to the death, the anguish of duty vs friendship (Armistead vs Hancock). Beautifully written.
concierge, library, own, book club, pulitzer, civil war, war, historical fiction, american history
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is genuinely one of the best books I’ve ever read.
If only most books and movies could be this well paced. An incredible story about the attack at Gettysburg, going through the different people in command, their ruminations about war, war strategy, what they're fighting for, their personal lifes; what are they leaving behind or expect to come back to. The quiet moments between the battles are as interesting and entertaining as the action set pieces. It is a remakable thing. And as in every war story nobody really ends up winning, if you know what I mean.
But he thought of Aristotle: pity and terror. So this is tragedy. Yes. He nodded. In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great doors open to black eternity, the rising across the terrible field of that last enormous , unanswerable question.
But he thought of Aristotle: pity and terror. So this is tragedy. Yes. He nodded. In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great doors open to black eternity, the rising across the terrible field of that last enormous , unanswerable question.
This book is an excellent read. The perspectives of the union and confederate armies battle during Gettysburg. From the voices of the Corporals to Generals including Robert E. Lee. A respected, yet very, very poor General- tired maybe. Indecisive, bad decisions? This book comes from a place of no blame, but how Soldiers on both sides respected one another. If one were to read one Civil war book, this should be the one!
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes