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Title: Irritatingly Eccentric Writing Style
Review: I was certainly looking forward to reading Shaara's book, not having read his previous works. But the writing style was so off-putting and the dialogue so interchangeable that, frustrated, I gave up early in the game and didn't get a quarter into it. The introduction was so much better written than the narrative that I wish Shaara had written a nonfiction work about the period. Some sample eccentricities, of which the book is replete: "No one spoke, knew Scott did not require an answer." "He shook his head, said, 'What the hell is the matter. . . .'" "Lee saluted, did not hesitate, followed Scott down the narrow passageway." "Scott did not look at Lee, turned, said, 'We may proceed.'"
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