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Summary: The best ever
Review: Paul Brenner and Susan Weber took my breath away! I've read all of his books, and this is absolutely fantastic. I hope he brings them together again in future books. Exciting, insightful - a great read!
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Summary: Slow and Not a Fun Read
Review: I've liked some of this guy's books. They can be snappy, plot driven and likeable diversions. Not this one. There is a plot, but it goes like soldiers moving through a bog in enemy territory. The characters move from place to place. The hero shares war recollections with the love interest. That's it. For hundreds of pages. By the time something actually happens, you've been dulled to the point of not caring.
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Summary: Five-star ratings from me are rare rare rare...
Review: I don't just read books. I devour them. The downside to this is that the more I read, the more mediocre most books seem, and the rarer it is to find a book that really delivers on all fronts. UP COUNTRY does. It's engaging from start to finish, the characters are deep and real, and the voice is both entertaining and compelling. This one is not to be missed.
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Summary: Another Winner. Right up there with Lion's Game!
Review: About a veteran's return to Vietnam looking for evidence against a murderer is unique, action-packed and excellently written.
Another action-packed, fast-moving, continuous read by Nelson Demille.
Read The General's Daughter first, because this is the sequel. As
usual, a woman plays a very important part as investigation and sexual partner. The sex is appropriately covered and is not overly done in any way. It fits right into the story like it does in real life. You can't ignore sex and make a believable story these days. The character development and emotional descriptions are superb. The sarcastic humor is his best ever. The inevitable gory descriptions of the war in Vietnam are limited to a couple of chapters and act as a cathartic to
author as well as the reader(Vietnam vet or not). As Demille says many
times, War is H--- and maybe we should learn from history as well
as learn to forget. I find it amazing that someone can write such an entertaining book without having shoot-out after shoot-out to move the reader along. The lady partner character has developed into a modern, educated, savvy, no-nonsense woman who when he says he can't trust her, the reader believes it! But he shows that love is still the strongest emotion. The dialog is witty, lively, quick-minded and well though out.
The military types will find errors I guess, but I think he puts these in to make sure they have read the book when they write a review.
The people are wonderful, its just the government and the politicians that mess everything up. Inter-intelligence-service rivalry is well done and thought provoking.
I wish Nelson Demille could write as fast as I can read.
He is among the FEW authors whose books I keep to read
again later.
My second read will be right before the movie comes out.
Enjoy this book!
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Summary: A Wonderful Novel
Review: This is a wonderful book. It is well written and captivating. It contains a lot of information about Vietnam, both modern and wartime. DeMille is simply a master writer and I can't recommend his books strong enough to any that enjoy good fiction.A modern mystery, this book takes the reader to modern Vietnam to solve an old murder that happened during the war. While it certainly isn't a history book, it contains an amazing amount of information for a fictional story so the reader is both getting an action filled story and also some lessons in history. The protagonist is the same as in the book 'The General's Daughter', so I would recommend reading that one first. I didn't read them in order, as I didn't know there was an order and it didn't hurt the story at all, but if you have the option, get the other first as it is a very good book too. DeMille does an excellent good of getting the reader into a story right off the bat and with just enough back story to properly set the stage. He is never ever boring, just the opposite as no matter how much is going on, I am always getting disappointed as the story is getting near it's end. I guess it's the old "always leave 'em wanting more" thing... If there is any compliant to this book, it is going to be that the ending is not cut and dry enough. I didn't mind it, but my mom who also loved the book, complained that the ending didn't have enough closure. In any case, I give it a very strong recommendation. If you are new to DeMille, get 'The General's Daughter' and read it first, you'll be anxious to get to this one in no time.
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Summary: Among his best
Review: Another fantastic book by Nelson Demille. The imagery is superb and his personal knowledge of the setting shines through. Up Country is probably not as good as The General's Daughter, but then very few novels are. Still, this book is well worth your time. You won't be disappointed if you purchase this book.
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Summary: Up Country
Review: I found this book to hold my interest. I love Pauls sense of humor and sarcastic attitude. Thank you for your books. I felt like I was in Viet Nam along with them. You get an actual picture of the landscape and the people living there. Looking forward to reading more of these books.
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Summary: Amazing Geographical Accuracy of QuangTri Province, VietNam
Review: I really enjoyed the book and was amazed of how accurate are the geographical details of Vietnam in Up Country, especially QuangTri province’s. I was born and grew up in QuangTri. My house was only 50 meters away from the citadel. Of course, there were a few minor errors:
1. MACV was outside of the citadel, not inside.
2. QuangTri was attacked in Tet Offensive but no success.
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Summary: A self indulgent road-trip under the cloak of a mystery.
Review: 600 pages into this book and you are still no closer to the supposed purpose of the journey. If DeMille wanted to write a travel book about his return to his war haunts why not present it as a travel book. The jouney while somewhat interesting is also repetitive and long. And, can we have some variety in character. No matter what the names, they are always the smarmy middle aged, self important and self defacing, though pretending not to be hero, and the semi-dum mid-thirties brunette, fawning over our hero. Does DeMille have confidence problems with women?
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Summary: A Memoir
Review: This book was a memoir for Paul Brenner.
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