This book was given to me for free in exchange for an honest review.
Wind on the struts. Loose fabric flapping against the fuselage. The world turn anThis book was given to me for free in exchange for an honest review.
Wind on the struts. Loose fabric flapping against the fuselage. The world turn and turn around, the smell of gunpowder, oil, fuel, smoke, blood, dope, paint, flames. Crosses and roundels shooting each other over miriads of rats and barbwire in the trenches. Eleven days of fierce fight on the front are enough to change a soft and caring boy into a murderous flying machine. Inexcusable crimes are forgotten and even encouraged by the greater good of King and Country. Empire and family name are always first, even before family members.
War is hell.
This book is one of the best historical fictions I've read and certainly I cannot thank more both the author and booktasters for giving me the inmense pleasure of reviewing this masterpiece....more
Funny to see this fictional Chile, even more when I'm writing this from Chile. Anyway, Cmdr. Smith is putting everything on risk and rubbing very hardFunny to see this fictional Chile, even more when I'm writing this from Chile. Anyway, Cmdr. Smith is putting everything on risk and rubbing very hard against chilean neutrality on this very good naval tale framed in 1917. If I don't find it awesome, is actually very entertaining but the way the story is told sometimes confused me. 3 empanadas and one humita award from my office in the populous port of Guaya, Chile....more
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
In a cold and wet night, a frightened and lonely pilot search England's skies for bomber zeThis book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
In a cold and wet night, a frightened and lonely pilot search England's skies for bomber zeppelins. A boy that thinks too much. Is really this war for him? Is he honest to his love, his family, his country and himself?
This short story reads very fast and really makes you feel like soaring in a damp biplane. Is very well written and represent very well the troubles of the stoic british boys in WWI, trying hard to play Etton's game as expected from any true brit.
Is tricky to see this in an ebook but very quickly the rythms says this is a very short novel, feeling like on of these Saint-Exupery's night flyer novels but without the romanticism. Very big kudos for the author, you have me now hooked into your WWI flyers stories....more
Very entertaining and depicts the very colorful rendition of the Jutland battle I've been looking for years. And certainly, I would NEVER be in a shipVery entertaining and depicts the very colorful rendition of the Jutland battle I've been looking for years. And certainly, I would NEVER be in a ship with Kelly Maguire, the survival odds are just too low....more
Este libro se va tan por las ramas que es un verdadero Hoja de Niggle jutlandiesco. Recorre todos los detalles, personas, comentarios y antecedentes. Este libro se va tan por las ramas que es un verdadero Hoja de Niggle jutlandiesco. Recorre todos los detalles, personas, comentarios y antecedentes. Muy completo. Demasiado completo. Se hace inseguible a veces....more
Un libro precioso y bien contado pero con múltiples errores que hacen que no se pueda usar como referencia. No puedo no preguntarme cuántos errores NOUn libro precioso y bien contado pero con múltiples errores que hacen que no se pueda usar como referencia. No puedo no preguntarme cuántos errores NO encontré....more
Muy completo, confuso, difícil de leer y las imágenes no se corresponden al texto que acompañan. Como obra de referencia de clases está muy buena. ComMuy completo, confuso, difícil de leer y las imágenes no se corresponden al texto que acompañan. Como obra de referencia de clases está muy buena. Como texto, no mucho....more
Bien escrito, entretenido de leer, entra en historias menos conocidas y esquiva las más conocidas. Ni una palabra de Saburo Sakai pero habla de BoelckBien escrito, entretenido de leer, entra en historias menos conocidas y esquiva las más conocidas. Ni una palabra de Saburo Sakai pero habla de Boelcke, Marseille y Livia Litvak. Bien ahí....more
Normalmente no considero exitoso el abandonar un libro sin haberlo terminado, pero ya leí de éste lo que me interesaba: las decisiones de Beatty y el Normalmente no considero exitoso el abandonar un libro sin haberlo terminado, pero ya leí de éste lo que me interesaba: las decisiones de Beatty y el talento de Fisher. No me interesa mucho el resto. Los dos caps que leí están bien escritos y muestran efectivamente tanto los hechos como las consecuencias que las decisiones de estos hombres tuvieron, sobre todo, al moldear el curso de la WWI. Bien....more
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