Tales of the Forgotten by W.J. LundyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I gave the first WTF novella one star. I had this one at two stars right up to the end.
If you have some military service, then this is a good book to read. You will bring to the book your knowledge and past experiences of small unit interpersonal dynamics. You will being your perspective of being deployed or otherwise kept from your family due to operational commitments. You will understand the many motivations that people have for serving, working together, and striving for excellence.
And it is a good thing that you will bring that personal history to the book because it is pretty much assumed that the reader understands these aspects of military life.
The book suffers from a lack of character development.
The characters are little more than cardboard cutouts. More effort is put into describing weapons and tactics than into developing each character's motivations and thoughts.
It reads quite a bit like a pretty good plot development piece for a movie. I think it might make a pretty good movie.
It just isn't that great of a book.
S/F
Dann
USMC 1984/1992
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