Roman Body Armour by H & J Travis

[Kai]

Mike, I would not regard a review as guide for your shopping list anyway. Book discussion is probably the more precise choice of words of what a good review is imo. As much as a speech can be discussed, a book can be discussed. At the very least a reviewer should highlight the possibilities of future discussions caused by the presented research, if not beginning them right away, making clear in what way this book enriches, influences or discredits current researches. Should the book be influential but in the wrong ways, one needs to highlight why that is. Still it has its worth.

As a simple rule of thumb - if it is not worth reading, it is not worth reviewing. After all the critic Graham e.g. has given, he still left me with the impression it is a book worth reading. :-)

However buying is a different problem altogether...