Airman Mortensen [Paperback]

Michael Blake (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Ivy Books (1993)
• ASIN: B002BJ52YM
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A huge waste of paper and ink, June 5, 2002

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D. COLLIER "Top Guhzillion Reviewer" (Brownwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Airman Mortensen (Mass Market Paperback)

For those of you who have read "Dances With Wolves", "Marching To Vahalla", or perhaps even the highly anticipated "Holy Road" (which I look forward to reading in the near future) -- if you've read and loved any or all of these, please, take heed to this advice: "Airman Mortensen" is terrible.

I first read it almost ten years ago, shortly after reading "Dances With Wolves" and thinking (at the time) that "DWW" was the best book ever written. However, this story about a young airman awaiting court martial, has absolutely none of the poetry, imagery and excitement of "DWW". The characters, though interesting at first glance, are underdeveloped, and the ending silly and unfulfilling (although, if I'm not mistaken, I believe that at the time that the novel was being finished, Mr. Blake was dealing with cancer). The different plot twists do nothing in the ways of building to a climax. Actually, the most dramatic part of the book is when our hero, assigned to permanent latrine duty, has to deal with the messes made by all the guys of the dormitory who are all suffering from the same food poisoning all at the same time. This is definitely not the ideal book for those who enjoy the kind of great writing contained in books like "Dances With Wolves".