Review: This book stinks!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
I remember poking a dead cow on the range when I was about 10, how it blew up on me, and how hard it was to get the smell off.  That is the essence of how I feel about this book, it nauseates and you can't get away from it.  To be more precise, the English is abysmal, the characters are unbelievable, and the plot has been dead for a while.  All the men hang out together, drink, and save the world.  All the women are characterized only by how well they cook and what weapon they carry.  My impression is that the men only go home when they need to get fed and laid, then get back to boys land as fast as possible.  My favorite unintentionally hilarious part of the book was when a senior military officer visited and the main protagonist started rambling on about the snakes and spiders on the island.  Just a hint, there are snakes and spiders all over the south, but they are just background noise.  I keep thinking about how the GOs and senior Field Grade officers I worked for would have bitten my head off for babbling like that.  I think the author had a good story in his head, but the baby was stillborn.