Review of The Frozen Hours

Jeff Shaara
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A 3/5 means: Solid. Above the bar. Good parts greatly outweigh any shortcomings. I'm glad to have read it once.

For historical content, this book is strong, and it effectively forms a man-on-the-ground narrative from the battles of the Chosin Reservoir campaign of the Korean War. But considered purely on writing quality, it's only decent. For instance, the author has a strange and persistent love of comma-splicing clauses that are nowhere near full sentences. I can accept it as a stylistic quirk, but it makes for uneven reading.

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