What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Expressing horror, suffering and cruelty of war the author recounts the human side of this war. The recounting of the individual battles was so well depicted.
Hawkins, transports us inside the heartland of the great civil battle, revealing the brutal reality as a trooper. “fightin’ for the grand ole southland. Hawkins does it again!
The validity of war motivates david to convince his best friend, jake, to go with him and enlist in the confederate army.
David leaves his family and fiancée, as they go off to finally get a taste of the adventure they had been craving. David plans to join the confederate army so that he can goes against the union and get revenge for what happened to his father.
It gives us a glimpse into the futility of one man's feelings against a much bigger entity. This allows it to hit on a relatable level - a micro level. It evokes the strongest of emotions and makes one reacess their viewpoints towards war and the prop... Read More
Cons
The book is a total ripoff.
Highlights
Quality
I was pleasantly surprised with the genuine emotion of this book and that i actually cared about what happens in midst of the war chaos.
Jake will git in with the cavalry.
Competitiveness
He and his best friend, jake, join up in the cavalry regiment.
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civil, novel and confederate. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 65.7% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 39 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 7 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Obviously she was too excited to care that her petticoats were showing from under the brown coat and green calico dress she wore or that her long auburn hair had broken free from its bondage as her bonnet slid from her head and dangled down her back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I am a huge civil war buff but usually partake in books that are historical nonfiction so to branch out and read a fictional tale of the civil war i have to admit that i was a bit apprehensive to explore
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In other words i wasn’t sure if they would be any good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Historical fiction is something i can read only if it is more on the fiction side than the pure historical one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I dont like when the story is suffocated with endless retellings of reallife events i can read that on wikipedia
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I want something alive vibrant a plot that benefits from history not the one that serves it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The romantic and idealistic side of war that they envisioned is replaced by the cold realities of war
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The experience is far from what either of them pictured and it gets worse when they have to be in different regiments
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