Scan barcode
A review by nelsta
The War Below: The Story of Three Submarines That Battled Japan by James Scott
2.0
I didn’t begin this book with high expectations, but I still felt disappointed while reading it. The sections on the submarines are good and the writer’s prose is good, but the author, for some reason, felt the need to include long passages that were only peripherally related to the submarines’ stories.
I suspect the author included these passages to provide context for the undersea operations, but the passages were very long and rarely (if ever) tied it back to the submarine storylines. At first I grew impatient to return to the submarines. But later, I found that the distractions were more entertaining than the actual subject.
This book didn’t capture my attention like I had hoped. I learned a fair bit about American submarine warfare, and it was interesting to get to know the lives of some of the skippers, but I wouldn’t describe this book as a whole as interesting.
I suspect the author included these passages to provide context for the undersea operations, but the passages were very long and rarely (if ever) tied it back to the submarine storylines. At first I grew impatient to return to the submarines. But later, I found that the distractions were more entertaining than the actual subject.
This book didn’t capture my attention like I had hoped. I learned a fair bit about American submarine warfare, and it was interesting to get to know the lives of some of the skippers, but I wouldn’t describe this book as a whole as interesting.