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Summary: Speaking of bombs...this book is a real one!
Review: Are they really making a movie out of this dud? I was about to discuss many of the historical and technical inaccuracies that are a part of this book and then I read the review by a reader from Japan. Most of my points and several others were stated very succinctly in that review so I will not bother to restate them. To be sure, it is a "Sloppy Melodrama", and perhaps the author should be excused for that. His technical and historical ignorance cannot be forgiven. How can one write a book about such an important historic event without doing extensive research? After reading the other reviews of this novel I realized that most readers who are favorably impressed with this book are neither literate nor would they know the difference between a B-25 and a four engine bomber, or that there is no such place as downtown Oahu. Most who see the movie will accept it as historical fact, and Mr. Wallace will reap the royalties. Perhaps he should spend some of his earnings on a basic history course.
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Summary: Fraternity brothers bound by war, love, friendship,& loyalty
Review: Based on the war at Pearl Harbor during the Second World War, the author set the scene of two childhood best friends, Rafe and Danny, who share the same interest and both have a dream of becoming an American Army Air Corps pilot. Their dream does come true and they both join the air force, and that is when Rafe falls in love with a nurse, and so does Danny. Due to his loyalty towards his friend, Danny never expresses his feeling. However, when Rafe signs up for a mission and get lost somehow, since he is asked to take care of the nurse for Rafe, Danny and the nurse, Evelyn, finally they get together. Everything seems fine, until the return of Rafe, which brings out the problems between the three of them. It is interesting to read and know how they deal with the fact that the two best friends falls in love with the same woman. At this time the author leads in the war which kind of cool down the tension between the three of them but while they both volunteer to join the mission to fight back, it is definitely risking their life. This decision had forever changed the fate of the three of them.
By the involvement of the war, the author skillfully provides a gap when it actually reach the climax, which is the dilemma of the love between the three of characters, but by that the author leads the reader into another climax. With lots of description and the use of simple language, the author did a great job on publishing a book with no age limit. With a great entry and a surprising ending, this book, overall, is a well-written novel, and a good script for movie.
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Summary: A good look at the Pearl Harbor battle
Review: Despite some of the reviews that I've seen, this is a really good book. The people where portrayed accuratly, and was historically correct. The Japanese where protrayed as honorable soldiers, Roosevelt was protrayed well, and was very exciting to read. Even though the storyline is based on fiction, it was a very good and exciting read.
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Summary: An Appalling Junk
Review: I don't complain of this story being a sloppy melodrama; I love sloppy melodramas. I don't disapprove the fiction that Admiral Yamamoto leads the Japanese task force himself and sails to Hawaii ; OK, the author just wanted to perk up the story. And I can live with some peculiar things written about Japan and the Japanese; that was predictable. But why does the Pentagon exist in 1941? Why is General Marshall is appointed the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff before the Pearl Harbor? Why is B-25 tagged as a four-engine bomber? Above all, how dare the author write that of the Dolittle raiders, "all but five would make it back to the United States alive"? (In reality, seven flyers could'nt get back home alive.) And what's the meaning of stating "Of the five flyers who died, two were executed by the Japanese inside Japan itself" (Why ignore the third flyer who was executed?) Won't this negligence scandalize American readers? There are many more inaccuracies, and most of them have nothing to do with "perking up" the story. If the author doesn't care about historical facts, he should write a fantasy story and refrain from preaching the significance of the Pearl Harbor Attack or fact and truth of history. Of all my forty years of reading experience I have never seen a novel that was more crowded with infamous falsehood and distortions.
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Summary: This book should have been torpedoed as well!
Review: I doubt that I can say much about this book that hasn't already been said, but I am so disgusted that I can't stop myself from adding this. I would have rated it at less than 1 star, if that choice were possible.Besides being so wildly inaccurate with its historical "facts", the prose in this book is so incredibly horrid. I really wish I had not wasted my money, but since I am such a history buff of the era, I tried it anyway. I can't imagine why anyone would publish this, much less "write" it. "Melodrama" is a weak description of this book - "putrid schlock" would be more accurate. What bothers me most is that it is such an insult to those who were there - to those who lost their lives, and those who survived. I forced myself to read the entire book, every painful moment of it, just to be sure that the whole thing was as awful as the first page. Unfortunately, it was. My advice is to avoid this book as if it were toxic waste. It surely is poisonous to the memory of the tragedy and treachery of the Pearl Harbor attack. I was going to go see the movie, but I won't waste any more of my money on this travesty - that would be a sacrilege to those earned the freedoms we now enjoy. Yes, even the freedom to publish a book as horrible as this one is - and the freedom to voice my opinion. May the souls of those gallant men, women and children who died in the Pearl Harbor attack know that some of us remember the truth, and we honor your sacrifices and heroism. To abuse their loss in the pursuit of Hollywood money is almost as big a tragedy as the original event.
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Summary: Mmm..
Review: I enjoyed the movie, Pearl Harbor, and expected to find the book just as entertaining. Randall Wallace's imagination is amazing, but way the words were written and formed brought down my overall liking for the book. Pearl Harbor had a wonderful plot and story, but would've been far better if not for the lack of vocabulary and word usage.
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Summary: Mmm..
Review: i have just finished reading this book it was awesome alot more detaled then the movie. if your are interested in history with a little "KICK" then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Awesome Man
Review: i have just finished reading this book it was awesome alot more detaled then the movie. if your are interested in history with a little "KICK" then this is the book for you.
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Summary: A Taster For The Movie
Review: I only had one day to read this book, because I'm not a big reader on books. I had to read this while I was working. I have to say that I really enjoyed it, even though it maybe falsely accounted just to spice up history. It was a bit sappy, but what do you expect from a love story. But what kept me interested in this book was that I knew that I was going to watch the movie. If it was a for real novel, without a movie, then I would expected it to be in more detail and I most likely would of not enjoyed this book at all. Bottom line, I'm kinda expecting this to be almost as huge as "Titanic", but we'll see.
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Summary: GOOD BOOK
Review: i read the book after i saw the movie. i thought it would be a waste of time since i already know what happens but the book puts a lot more in than the movie could reveal. it talks more about the characters and what they are feeling. that is something that the movie cant show. people are saying that the book and movie arent up with the historical facts but they have to remember that the storyline isnt a history lesson. if i wanted that, i would go to a history class or watch the discovery channel! it is entertainment as all movies are.
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