Review: Quite a Tale, Vivid Description
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
I enjoyed the plot of this Civil War novel. It was something different from most. Vivid description and realistic characters. Jacob and Miles have known each other since childhood and played hide and seek. In the end, Miles is left to seek Jacob out once again. This book illustrates how the young men from the South thought they were fighting for a just cause, honoring their state, and left for war thinking it would be over quickly, never guessing it would be something they'd have to endure for years. They'd have to grow up during the war or die. Jacob is on the Confederate side, and his best friend Miles, though born and reared in the South, goes to fight for the Union. In the beginning stages of the war, they were ripped apart by different views even though neither believed in slavery.The novel ends sadly as did the war with many lives lost on both sides. The journey is that of Jacob Thackery who leaves behind his short journal. The really sad part is that he never even thought of how his decision could affect his parents and what might happen to them, though he did think of them both in the end and as one is said to do near death, relived sweet memories. I noticed a few mistakes, but because of the unique plot and the fact that this is a Civil War novel different from any I've ever read before, therefore, it's unique, I rate it a five. The author has made use of a few real men to tell his tale and how President Lincoln was murdered.Author B. J. Robinson, River Oaks Plantation, A Civil War Novel.