Title: Disappointing...
Product review: When this book arrived, I eagerly dove into it, hoping that it was at least close to the gripping "Gates of Fire" I had read so many times. Sadly, I was much disappointed. This novel is more about political issues and a personal quest for glory than it is about men in combat. And while for certain people that may be interesting, for me the absence of the combat depictions and the seemingly endless political maneuvering made this book very tedious to read. Steven Pressfield is a very intelligent individual and a gifted writer, and my dislike for this book is more a testament to my inflexibility than it is to any fault in its creation. But I still didn't like it.
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