Rating: 
Summary: The only one of Demille's books that I have yet to read.
Review: Since becoming addicted to Demille after reading The Charm School I can only wait in anticipation for the delights of Word of Honour. Will it make me stay awake for 12 hours straight just to finish the book - as did Charm School. Will it make me laugh out loud in public places at the characters dialogue as Plum Island did. Will it make me dark and contemplative as did the events and characters of Spencerville? I have never read an author that is so able to cut out the real world and make you live in HIS real world. A recent lucky stumble onto a reprint of Mayday took me to the air and out through the decompression hole with such clarity of images and such sadness at some of the characters outcomes that it made a fear of flying a reasonable thing to possess. Demille writes with accuracy and feeling and sense and humour and such overwhelming talent that I have a hard time believing I only discovered that great author a few short years ago. Thankyou God for a great writer.As for Word of Honour, times awasting!
Rating:
Summary: An Intense Read
Review: I have to admit that I put this book down several times because it was so intense. I fell in love with Ben Tyson on page one and I didn't want to watch something horrible happen to him. Read it!
Rating:
Summary: This book defines what it means to be a Man
Review: Along with The Great Santini by Pat Conroy, Word of Honor is one of my two favorite novels that address the issue of what it means to be a man.Ben Tyson could have easily taken the easy way out at several points in the story. But he stuck to his values and his honor. Though an imaginary character, if more men acted as honorably as Ben Tyson, the world would be a better place. I found this book so convincing that I thought for sure that it must be at least partly autobiographical. I recommend this book without reservation to anyone.
Rating:
Summary: even with two strikes, ...
Review: "Word of Honor" had two strikes against it as far as I was concerned. Strike One: The book is about 750 pages long, much longer than my average read. Strike Two: Let's just say that the Vietnam War is not my favorite subject. And in spite of these two strikes, DeMille hits one out of the park! Excellent characterizations, fast-moving, intriguing plot, and each chapter reveals just enough new info to make me want to stay up long enough to read just one more chapter. This is my first DeMille, but certainly not my last. And why wasn't this made into a movie?
Rating: 
Summary: One word: disappointing
Review: I'm a big fan of Demille but this was his worst effort, in my opinion. A plot too unbelieveable to even consider, a confusing mass of characters and not among them, anyone you particularly care about. Disappointing Demille.
Rating:
Summary: 1980s WASP LIer comes to grips with Viet Nam
Review: This was the second Nelson Demille I read (the first being The Charm School). It is the Viet Nam novel Demille had in him and orginally didn't want to write. The protagonist, Benjamin Tyson is a 42 year old successful business executive charged with leading a platoon of US infantry during the TET offensive of 1968. Fifteen years after the experience, Tyson (and the rest of the US) read that he ordered a mass killing at a French hospital run by South Vietnamese nuns. It is a crime he says he didn't commit. Tyson's ambiguities and the internal battles he fights as he is court-martialed by a vindictive US Army is the main plot line. He has other problems, too. His wife it seems, was a former student radical (who stripped nude and was photographed on the Mall in DC)and the press has a field day with the dichotomy of Radical Wife married to Army 1st Lt charged with mass murder. The details of Tyson's recall to active duty, his relationship with his wife and his attraction to his female army defense "Just how much blame can a man be expected to accept for a crime he was unable to prevent?" Tyson is not everyman. In Viet Nam, as a 25 yr old 1st Lt, he was trying to stay alive. Fifteen years later, he is a man approaching middle age wondering how the sky fell in on him. In the process, he must try to preserve a marriage, protect his family and regain his name and honor. As the movie "The General's Daughter" with John Travolta prepares to open, I encourage it's viewers to read "Word of Honor" first. It is early Demille, but is Demille at his most thoughtful and that is why I like him and have read everything he's written. Demille tells tales about interesting people (many of whom are from his home turf, Long Island) and it is plain that he knows his material and does his research. It is good to see that his degree from his alma mater (and mine) Hofstra University has prepared him well.
Rating:
Summary: DEFINITELY ON MY LIST OF TOP FIVE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Review: I thought Charm School was the best Demille book until reading Word of Honor. This story is believable, intelligent, and totally engrossing. The only chance I get to read is on the railroad commuting to work. Unfortunately work interfered greatly with my reading. This book was extremely hard to put down. It made me laugh, cry and THINK. I have told everyone I know to read this story, but will not lend the book to anyone. I want to keep it in good condition so I can read it again in the future.
Rating: 
Summary: hated to put it down
Review: Just finished "WORD OF HONOR"and now rate it #2 after "CATHEDRAL"
Rating:
Summary: A disapointed DeMille fan
Review: This book is a let down. I like DeMille because his characters and well developed and true to life. The characters in this book are truly under developed and dull. In fact in the third part of the book there is almost no character development it is just a long trail with the same story told several diffrent ways. I waited for this book to pick up and be the usual fast paced DeMille I love, but it never did. Skip this and read The Gold Coast or The Generals Daughter instead. They are better reads.
Rating: 
Summary: Strong, caustic De Mille with a let-down for an ending.
Review: Another fine character study by De Mille, but much too long of a build up to the trial. The verdict was predictable as was the sentence. The scoundrel, Jeffrey Brandt, should have suffered. One the whole, a fine commentary on an aspect of Viet Nam that should be told more often.
| 
