Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Joycelyn A. (JMJGE) reviewed on
Louie's story, as the story of any POW in any of our wars, including our own Civil War are stories of survival, resilience and quite possibly redemption.
Therefore their is no need for Ms. Hillenbrand to embellish the hellish treatment Louie faced in his time at war.
Stories that are told over and over again often become bigger stories than they were when they happened. People do not mean this to happen, but it does happen.
I believe that the author's job is to tell the story with respect for the story and the truth.
Louie was so physically debilitated that he could not have possibly accomplished the tasks that were described in this story.
Which brings me to the writing in this story. Written in the third person, it was like slogging through a swamp. Pages and pages of details to describe an event. A book much too long. In a word overwritten.
Therefore their is no need for Ms. Hillenbrand to embellish the hellish treatment Louie faced in his time at war.
Stories that are told over and over again often become bigger stories than they were when they happened. People do not mean this to happen, but it does happen.
I believe that the author's job is to tell the story with respect for the story and the truth.
Louie was so physically debilitated that he could not have possibly accomplished the tasks that were described in this story.
Which brings me to the writing in this story. Written in the third person, it was like slogging through a swamp. Pages and pages of details to describe an event. A book much too long. In a word overwritten.
