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Title: How Few Remain
Review: Great idea, not such a good story.Turtledove's alternate history -- the South won the Civil War and, plausibly, the North is starting a second war -- is generally well thought of. My opinion is more negative than most, I think, so take it for whatever it may be worth.The basic idea here is a good one, and Turtledove has the facts of the period down. To me, though, he doesn't get the feeling. I never felt transported to the times. And the characters, most of whom are historical figures, seem shallow; caricatures of the real people. The result is low drama and tension, even given that the theme was one in which I was interested already. I wanted more action and battle scenes, and more vivid characters with whom I could identify. A limited-POV soldier character would have been a godsend.
