Review: Should be a movie
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
Were this book a movie, I'd happily pay the firstborn child they're charging these days to go see it. This novel is a seminal military thriller, unafraid to tackle the real blood, guts and mayhem that play companion to war.What Christie has built here is more than tactics and military conquest; it's harried defense and raw in-the-moment emotion, nuanced character relationships and exotic South African flavor that you can't get anywhere else. Best of all, this book is charmingly devoid of the political propagandizing that seems to follow its genre. Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand it when an author uses their book simply as a soapbox. There's a message here, but it's more "witness this incredible story" than "here's my agenda, agree with it". Give me a DVD and I will buy.