My Review of Jeff Shaara's "The Steel Wave"
The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a very engaging book. I have a hard putting it down and would have finished it by now if I could only keep my eyes open at night.
This is historical drama that I use for entertainment and not for learning more about the events that surrounded D-Day (there are many good books for that).
I thought the amount of material about the tragedy of the beach invasion lacked the importance of the event and some of the dialogue was just downright silly. But other than those points, I have found this a very good book that I will keep to read at some point in the future.
* Update *
I finished this book last night. One of the best things I think Shaara does is end the book with a follow up on what actually happened to the characters he writes about. For me, this brings home the effect war has on people and the emotional cost they carry through the end of their lives.
I look forward to the third book in this trilogy. Keep them coming Mr. Shaara.
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