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hellsfire 's review for:
The Afghan Campaign
by Steven Pressfield
I love Steven Pressfield. I've read the majority of his books and have loved them all. Those books had a lot of emotional impact. Sadly, The Afghan Campaign does not.
The Afghan Campaign is a lot more technical. Pressfield's previous books dealt with the same material but for whatever reason, this one goes into more details when it comes to weaponry, occupation, fighting, campaigns, and everything else it is to be a soldier. Whenever there's a part in the story that would get emotional, it's told instead of shown. In fact, a lot of the story is told--be in what's happening or what kind of weapons there are.
There is a point way late in the story when Matthias gets a woman. That does open up things a bit as he's struggling with her, the campaign, the land, and of course his fiancée. Pressfield seems to take awhile going back to it so much so that I stopped caring. A lot of that is also told too.
The biggest problem with The Afghan Campaign is that it feels like it was created from his previous book, The Virtues of War. It's as if he had so much great stuff that he researched in that book that he didn't want to waste so he made this book.
I'll still list Pressfield as one of my favorite authors. I've loved all the other books he's written so I'm not surprised that this is the bump in the road.
The Afghan Campaign is a lot more technical. Pressfield's previous books dealt with the same material but for whatever reason, this one goes into more details when it comes to weaponry, occupation, fighting, campaigns, and everything else it is to be a soldier. Whenever there's a part in the story that would get emotional, it's told instead of shown. In fact, a lot of the story is told--be in what's happening or what kind of weapons there are.
There is a point way late in the story when Matthias gets a woman. That does open up things a bit as he's struggling with her, the campaign, the land, and of course his fiancée. Pressfield seems to take awhile going back to it so much so that I stopped caring. A lot of that is also told too.
The biggest problem with The Afghan Campaign is that it feels like it was created from his previous book, The Virtues of War. It's as if he had so much great stuff that he researched in that book that he didn't want to waste so he made this book.
I'll still list Pressfield as one of my favorite authors. I've loved all the other books he's written so I'm not surprised that this is the bump in the road.