Reviews tagging 'War'

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose

7 reviews

rozd21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal death

fuguballoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Great book. I read it every year, and always find something new in it.

This year, I decided to change things up and try the audiobook (the unabridged 12-hour one). It's okay, but the narrator botched the pronunciation of everything from the soldiers' names to cities and towns. He even switched between multiple wrong pronunciations of the same names in a single chapter. If you opt for the audiobook, just be aware that a lot is wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt

spartan445's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

Ambrose is a fine writer, a skilled historian, and clever at his use of prose, but his fondness for the military and appreciation of the bonds formed by the men he interviewed can sometimes border on idolatry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, and War

jrabbit's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

amisk23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail