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Summary: The worst book I ever read.
Review: If you are considering reading or buying this book...don't. I find wars very interesting, but this book has very little war and a lot of descriptive junk.Did you know that Stephen Crane wrote this book in 10 days? He really tried hard too (not). If you are looking for a good book on the Civil War, check out Across Five Aprils, you will like it.
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Summary: a patient, complex book
Review: If only to counteract the overall poor rating of this book by students forced to read this book when too immature and impatient to comprehend it, I had to write this. This book is "confusing" because war is complex and both horrible and attractive to the main character, and I suppose it is "boring" because it does not give the pat answers to the problems of war that it raises, but rather requires thoughtful and patient reading. This is not to blame our schoolchildren--it is only to register for them that the fact that something is not immediately consumable by their infantile appetites does not entitle them to comment upon the worth of something that is valued in the world. In other word, be patient when those who are good and more experienced than you recommend something not immediately palatable--you may learn something.
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Summary: The last war book I'll ever read
Review: I felt that the book moved too slowly and didn't have enough discriptive info. to make it more interesting. The only thing that I liked about the book was the symbolism. I feel that since Crane himself had not been in a war he did not know what to write about because he had never experienced the pressures of war.
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Summary: How can you call this boring?
Review: If anything, this book isn't boring. Seeing a war through the eyes of a scared soldier makes us wonder at our own "fearlessness" if we were put to the test. Though the book deals a lot with courage, take a look at the struggle with guilt and duty this kid goes through. The guilt drives him to bravery, which then leads to a feeling of completed duty. I. like the rest of US grade schoolers, had to read this.. watch the movie... read it agian in a lter class.. and watch the movie again. Now in 12th grade, and looking back.. I see how much more the book means.. not just a homework assignment taking the place of TV watching. Give it a try...oyu might learn somthing ;) 4 stars cuz it doesnt compare with the 5 star books within its genre... Catch 22 rules! ...
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Summary: A great novel
Review: It is awful how these idiots who have to read this book for high school have weighted down The Red Badge's rating. Looking at their "criticisms," if you can call them that, it seems their main problem was that "it's boring," "too many descriptions," "I didn't understand it." It's sad that supposedly high school students are writing as shallowly as that. The basic story of The Red Badge is well known: young Henry Fleming goes into combat for the first time, flees in cowardice, takes an introspective journey into his own soul, then redeems himself with his courage on the battlefield. Somehow, the boy who entered the battle, has come out a man. The title itself is ironic. It comes from Henry's envy of those wounded soldiers who have their own "red badge of courage" which will protect them from any accusations of cowardice, but when Henry himself gets his own little "red badge" from getting clubbed on the head with a gunstock it becomes clear how superficial a mark of honor it is. True courage resides within. To those people who want to read this book: do not be scared off by these bad reviews from students assigned to read the book; they were already prejudiced against it from the start.
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Summary: A Classic of our time
Review: This book is first of all a book of historical value. It is the first modern war book, and it shows the war as it propably were. (I don't know for sure, cause I wasn't there.) Read it if you are sick tired of books with villains and heroes.
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Summary: It was an O.K. Book, But hard to understand
Review: I picked this book to read thinking it would give me an idea of what happened during the civil war. If your not into war and things i donnot reccommend this book. To me it was boring and it wasn't interesting. But whatever baskets your ball eh?
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Summary: Needs less work...
Review: This book was long, boring, repetative and hard to understand. It would have been a lot more enjoyable had the author written in clear, short, concise sentences more rather than have a 4 page description after every word.
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Summary: THIS BOOK SUCKS!!!
Review: I think this book royally sucks. Why, may i ask, do i want to read about the horrors of war? My english teacher forced us to read it. I'm only on the 7th chapter but it's NOT getting any better. I admire the writer for trying and it was probably a popular book in the early 1900s, but the language is boring and not easy to understand. I hate the symbolism. Oh well. I'll try not to fall asleep reading the rest of it.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST
Review: You've got read this book. It's extrodanary, superb, awsome, fantastic, defiant, unique, and definitley worth reading, if you ask me. This is the second greatest war novel ever written. It stands right behind CATCH-22 and right ahead of THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI. Stephen Crane did a wonderful job, unlike some authors. Everything is well discribed, from the setting, to the action, and even to the emotions and feelings of the main character, Henry. I would definitley recomend this book to anyone with the power to read.
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