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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
military fiction at it's best,
This review is from: A Reckoning for Kings (Mass Market Paperback)
Like one of the other reviewers I was actually born at the tail-end of the Tet Offensive. My father had been there and served his tour of duty in 65-66. But this book is on the mark. I first read it in 87 when I was in the R.O.T.C. program at Boise State University.Just young cadet fascinated by all things having to do with the Army.At the time I felt that the book captured the feel and the rythms of Army life. Whether that be the peacetime Army or the wartime Army. At the time there were still many Vietnam vets in the service and I gave this book to one of the cadre members(a sergeant major) to read. He had served two tours over there and when he finished reading it he told me that the authors had done a better job of capturing the war in all it's nuances then all the other Vietnam novels he had read. No weird musings on the nature of man and no bizzare drug induced fantasies that so many other authors were turning out in the seventies and early eighties. Just a straight forward story.I've since reread this novel twice. The first time was about three years ago and then just last week. I'm older now and my attitude towards things have changed.I have found that often those things which seemed so impressive to me at the age of nineteen are diminished at the age of thirty-three. Well this novel hasn't lost anything. It's still wonderfully detailed, suspenseful, humorous and intelligent. One could do far worse this summer then reading this book. Unfortunately it's out of print, but I still see copies floating around in used book stores - both in paperback and hardcover. Good luck and, when you get a copy,enjoy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Worst Kindle book ever experienced,
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This review is from: A Reckoning For Kings (Kindle Edition)
OK, I really loved this novel. I wore out my paperback a while ago and was excited when I saw that it was back in print and even more pleased when I saw there was a Kindle edition. However, when I started reading it quickly became clear that this was scanned and either left unedited or the editor spent more time picking his nose than editing. There are mis-scans on every page. Words like 'die' convert to 'the,' the name Fuller converted to Poller -only sometimes, 'them' becomes 'mem' and on and on... I have never bothered with a review before. However, I care enough about this book that I felt I had to say something in the hopes that others are able to enjoy a truly excellent story. Save your money. Buy the actual book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Breaks New Ground,
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This review is from: A Reckoning For Kings: A Novel of Vietnam (Wars of the Shannons) (Paperback)
Just to set the record straight: Most critics - from the Los Angeles Times, to the San Francisco Chronicle, to the St.Louis Post Dispatch - very much agree that A Reckoning For Kings does, indeed, break new ground in Vietnam War fiction. For the first - and still the only - time both sides of the war are shown. There are thirty major characters, fully half of which are Vietnamese. One minute you are looking through the eyes of a young American soldier, the next from those of a teenage Viet Cong guerrilla.
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