06-16-2009, 06:42 PM
Hello,
I recently finished “Give Me Back My Legions!” and I’m sorry to report that I was quite disappointed. I found the characters to be flat and the dialog to be stiff. The scenes, situations, and portrayal of the characters’ thoughts were repetitive. The story is 306 pages long with only 25-30 pages covering the one day battle. Using the word “stiff” in an earlier sentence reminded that we read in this work that Arminius had an erection under his cloak during the battle unlike any he had experienced before. Turtledove also adds that Thusnelda gave birth to a son near the time of the battle, but who died soon after of the flux. I found such pointless asides and historical deviations to be distracting. In short, the book was dull and I couldn’t wait to be finished with it. I can’t recommend it to anyone, but should one choose to read it, I do recommend they borrow it from library.
My apologies for having introduced the book to the forum. :oops:
Best
Emil
I recently finished “Give Me Back My Legions!” and I’m sorry to report that I was quite disappointed. I found the characters to be flat and the dialog to be stiff. The scenes, situations, and portrayal of the characters’ thoughts were repetitive. The story is 306 pages long with only 25-30 pages covering the one day battle. Using the word “stiff” in an earlier sentence reminded that we read in this work that Arminius had an erection under his cloak during the battle unlike any he had experienced before. Turtledove also adds that Thusnelda gave birth to a son near the time of the battle, but who died soon after of the flux. I found such pointless asides and historical deviations to be distracting. In short, the book was dull and I couldn’t wait to be finished with it. I can’t recommend it to anyone, but should one choose to read it, I do recommend they borrow it from library.
My apologies for having introduced the book to the forum. :oops:
Best
Emil
Emil Bosman
