Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by susieseeker
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
5.0
I found this to be a terrific read.
This book, about the U.S. Civil war, specifically focusses on the 3 days of the Gettysburg battle. It's about 400 pages but it took me a while to get through it since it is so dense with information.
I am not a Civil War fan. I am also hot and cold on historical fiction. Sometimes I find it good, sometimes not. This one won me over. I found it compelling to read.
Others have said that it's confusing, and I can see why they might say this. Each chapter is written from different characters' point of view. And there are a lot of characters to keep track of. Sometimes I have trouble with too many characters (think, Dostoevsky). Yet with this one, I had no trouble. At least it was written chronologically.
Since I don't know a lot about the Civil War, or the battle of Gettysburg, I can't speak to the accuracy of the story as the author tells it. Is he biased? I don't know.
All I know is that I was very engaged with this book. And learned tons.
This book, about the U.S. Civil war, specifically focusses on the 3 days of the Gettysburg battle. It's about 400 pages but it took me a while to get through it since it is so dense with information.
I am not a Civil War fan. I am also hot and cold on historical fiction. Sometimes I find it good, sometimes not. This one won me over. I found it compelling to read.
Others have said that it's confusing, and I can see why they might say this. Each chapter is written from different characters' point of view. And there are a lot of characters to keep track of. Sometimes I have trouble with too many characters (think, Dostoevsky). Yet with this one, I had no trouble. At least it was written chronologically.
Since I don't know a lot about the Civil War, or the battle of Gettysburg, I can't speak to the accuracy of the story as the author tells it. Is he biased? I don't know.
All I know is that I was very engaged with this book. And learned tons.