matthewh08's Reviews (181)

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Garth Williams, Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.5

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.5

slow-paced

Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder

3.5

slow-paced

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Robert K. Massie

4.0

funny informative medium-paced

Cassino '44: Five Months of Hell in Italy

James Holland

4.0

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

Frederick the Great: King of Prussia

Tim Blanning

3.5

informative slow-paced

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It read more like a series of articles than a fully cohesive book. Extremely well researched and certainly an academic text, I found it quite slow going. It is also not a military history, but an examination of the man in general. I found the series of 'see above' and 'see belows' rather a pain, rather breaking the narrative.

Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble

Antony Beevor

4.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Peter the Great

Robert K. Massie

4.5

adventurous informative medium-paced

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A superb narrative history, which though very long is very readable.

Desolation Island

Patrick O'Brian

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

Antony Beevor

4.5

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced