A review by sam_el
From Here to Eternity by James Jones

3.0

Jones was clearly a fine writer, but he was in desperate need of a good editor. He's entirely too self-indulgent in this novel and he has clearly never met an adverb he didn't like. He often uses two adverbs in a row. He uses them liberally unsparingly. The self-indulgence comes from overly purple descriptions and an obnoxious habit of repeating himself for effect, but so much to the point of driving the reader crazy.

Nevertheless, this is a good look at the Army just before Pearl Harbor and a good editor would have made this novel fantastic.