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A review by jinxamataz
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
2.0
This book started out intriguing promising lots of potential. It begins just before WWII begins, so it's fascinating to see how the war started, how people let Hitler come into power, and to see first-hand accounts of characters interacting with various dictators (albeit fictionally).
However, since every single character is in some way tied into the military and/or war, that's all anyone talks about. Wouk throws characters into multi-page detailed conversations and discussions about the war, war plans, strategies, people, and analyses, that at first are interesting, but very quickly get numbing if you don't have an extreme personal interest in military talk.
The characters show little development, and even some promising storylines never come to fruition and the characters continue in their ways.
The entire book is just war talk with some sprinkling of characters talking to each other about non-war things (bit still usually about the war). The purpose is to show a military family going through life during the tumult of a war, but I personally could have done without a thousand pages of war and military talk.
However, since every single character is in some way tied into the military and/or war, that's all anyone talks about. Wouk throws characters into multi-page detailed conversations and discussions about the war, war plans, strategies, people, and analyses, that at first are interesting, but very quickly get numbing if you don't have an extreme personal interest in military talk.
The characters show little development, and even some promising storylines never come to fruition and the characters continue in their ways.
The entire book is just war talk with some sprinkling of characters talking to each other about non-war things (bit still usually about the war). The purpose is to show a military family going through life during the tumult of a war, but I personally could have done without a thousand pages of war and military talk.