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Title: Disappointing self-agrandizing rant
Review: Unlike Mason's "Chickenhawk" and Spalding's "Centaur Flights", Maverick is less a story of military aviation and helicopters than it is a story of his personal prowess in all things masculine. His halty, broken writing style is rhythmless and without style. Worse, the author's constant second- and third- person references to himself were particularly grating, especially given the tone and color of events he relates. This is one storyteller who no doubt finds himself alone at the bar soon after he begins his tale. If you liked Mason's guileless style of self-baring, you will absolutely hate Marvicsin's self-deception.I gave up after one hour's sincere effort to plow into the story. This is one destined for the wood stove when the temperature again dips below freezing.
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