Review: Bloody good, with a few quibbles
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2012
An excellent alternative history positing a German total victory in WWII. The level of detail about so many different topics, primarily technical (the Enigma machine, various aircraft, etc.) not to mention the carefully, minutely and very realistically worked out campaigns and backstories, are pretty much unique in my experience.  My main issues were the editing, some of the worst I have seen, with sentences missing words, transposed words--some into the next sentence, and a lot of unnecessary repetition, not merely of words but phrases and the occasional entire anecdote.  And the fact that ALL of the characters used cliched English phrases constantly (especially "old boy" and "old chap") detracted a lot from the verisimilitude. That is why I gave it four stars rather than five. It was nonetheless a very engaging, engrossing and gripping tale, and I don't mind having had to face the sloppy writing and editing because of that.  If you are a WWII alternative history fan, you should definitely read this book.  Indeed, the more you know about the actual history of the war, the better I think you will enjoy it. Which is why I will not include any spoilers.