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Summary: They finally got to the Gobi, but HOW?
Review: Overall, I enjoyed Griffin's "In Danger's Path" which follows and elaborates on the content of the first seven volumes in the series. I'm a Naval History buff and have found this series a new viewpoint.Being somewhat of a Techie, the flight from Pearl to the Gobi, intrigued me. I checked it out and found that the Catalina which supposedly flies non-stop from Pearl to the Yellow Sea has a remarkable unrefuelled range over 5000 miles! The great circle route from Hawaii to the middle of the Yellow Sea flies over most of the Japanese home islands! How does Griffin explain this?
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Summary: how long must we wait for the next addition?
Review: I have read every book this man has written. Some of them twice. Griffin has a way of telling a story that makes it next to impossible to set the book down. Every person in the book is like an old friend. Face it, Griffin is the best. Can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: An interesting view of WWII by the major players
Review: W.E.B.Griffin has molded fictional characters and real events into a truely entertaining novel. In this novel Mr.Griffin shows the reader how invasive Mr. Wm."Wild Bill"Donovan could be in his dealings with "FDR",Adm.Leahy,Gen.MacArthur. Chacater continuity is again come full circle with Col. Bannings wife and child being rescued by the daring Capt.K.R.McCoy and his running mate "Gunny" Zimmerman and by a cast of familiar supporting characters all Griffin readers have come to know. A good read.
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Summary: Overall an excellent story
Review: I too waited for this release because I'm hooked on Griffin's military series. Although I aggree with the comments in the other reviews about the characters' development, I can't help but wounder if this "change" isn't a commercial trick to generate more sales for the next book in the series. If so, I hope it doesn't last - the story line is good enough. I also admit that I'll be standing in line for the next book even tho' I suspect Griffin is toying with my emotions. He really knows how to involve the reader with the characters.
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Summary: A bit flat but still worthwhile
Review: This eighth installment of THE CORPS follows the same cast of characters as the war in the Pacific wages on. This book lacks some of the action and intense battle scenes of the previous books in this series. In Danger's Path instead works on the intricacies of planning and executing a secret mission without compromising the TOP SECRET operation called MAJIC. My only complaint is that Griffin spends way too much time re-presenting the characters and their background. Those who have read the CORPS series are not likely to forget characters such as Ken "Killer" McCoy, Ernestine "Ernie" Sage, Malcolm "Pick" Pickering or the main character BG Fleming Pickering. I would have preferred more action and less devotion to trying to explain the charcters to the first time reader. Still, an enjoyable and easy to read novel.
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Summary: Not enough Marine action. Too much lust. No fighting.
Review: Having looked foward to the next installment of "The Corps" series I was greatly disappointed by the venue and premise of "In Danger's Path." The battles that took place the South Pacific during World War Two were among the most dramatic, exciting and tragic in American military history. It seems that half the book is devoted to sophmoric and boring love affairs of Marine officers that quickly wear thin. The book chose as its theme a most uninteresting topic and left the reader unfulfilled.
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Summary: A Fine Book
Review: The Latest installment of The Corps series does not let you down. It's well crafted and a joy for those of us who enjoy Griffin's work. The little plot changes don't really bother me, perhaps he's just tweaking the characters a bit.
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Summary: In Danger's Path a great read!
Review: I have read all of Griffin's books (even the ones under psudeonyms - what gives with that anyway - is WEB so prolific that he needed to publish his Badge of Honor and OSS series under different names?) I eagerly awaited the release of this new title, and was not disappointed! However, I am forced to agree with other reviewers that at times the characters have strayed from their original potrayals. Perhaps this is more noticable to us the readers, as we very probably have read each book two or three times (and in my case have listen to the books on tape versions as well (the unabridged of course!) Still, I look forward to each new book. Since I place WEB Griffin's age at about 75, I hope he will continue to write books in his various series.
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Summary: W.E.B. Griffin fans thirsty for another "Corps" book?
Review: As soon as I spotted it in the store, I bought two. I was having dinner that night with the "Maj." The Maj is a WWII, Korea & Viet Nam Marine whose stepdad was an Army Sergeant Major in China before the war. Stepdad told him first hand about the bandits in the Gobi. He's on his second reading of this book, and chewed me out for giving him something that interferes with his chores and planned projects. He loves it, I think it's the best yet, and I hope not the finale. I was up all night on a seven hour flight from Honolulu to Houston, crammed into the back seat of a full DC-10, ignored both movies, but finished the book. Felt better than if I'd slept. CAUTION: You don't rate reading this one unless you've read all the previous volumes in the series. F. E. Lange, fmr.Cpl., Rocket section, Weps Plt., K Co., 3rd Bn., 25th Marines.
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Summary: This series has strayed from the story of the Marine Corps.
Review: I own every book released by this author and eagerly await installments of each of his series. However, this series could be retitled "The Spies" as it becomes more about the OSS and less about the Marine Corps. Further disappointing is the author's repeated use of some irritating phrases such as "making his manners". I saw this one five times at least. Well established characters change from book to book. I had to ask myself if there was any editing done on this volume. Is it possible the author is not one person but a group of writers that doesn't know his or her characters? Mr. Griffin certainly has maintained a low profile for over fifteen years. Putnam could, at the very least, hire an editor that has read at least one or two of the previous works. Give us a little less spy story and get back to the Corps. This series should have at least been as good as its Army counterpart. Despite all this, I will buy the next book in any of the series.
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