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Title: A dissenting view
Review: I know I'm the odd person out here, because virtually all the reviews are favorable & some consider this work a "classic", but, frankly, I didn't like this book. And, mind you, I like war novels & have read many of them. This book is unrelievedly gloomy & depressing & gets more so as the book goes on. There is way too much description & not enough conversation. Contrary to what several reviewers said, I found the character development weak to nonexistent. There were some interesting characters & I would have liked to know more about them, but the characters took second place to endless descriptions of the weather & damage reports. I plowed through it because I thought it was my duty to do so, but really, I found this book disappointing.
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