Review: Currently Reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
I've watched this movie over and over; finally added it to my DVD collection but I had never read the books.  I got this for my Kindle...all three books in one and priced right!I'm in the middle of the book now.  The movie is fairly true to the book but the book, in my opinion, is better than the movie.  There are more characters, which are very interesting and add a new dimension, and some of the "tenseness" between the characters begin much earlier than portrayed in the movie, which I'm finding to be very interesting as well.The only problem with this book is that I don't want to put it down and it's too long to read in one sitting!  Or at least, it's too long to read in one sitting and get anything else done.The book follows the friendship and dissension between and within two families from their early days at West Point, through the Civil War and Reconstruction Period.  It is very well written and very enjoyable.