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Hawaii Scandal Review"Hawaii Scandal" is a very intriguing book, one that works on many levels. It is at once a mystery and a courtroom drama, but also a tale of innocence lost. The story is set in the decade prior to the Pearl Harbor bombing, undoubtedly the single most important event in the history of the islands, and the act which propelled the United States into World War II, and ultimately towards becoming an enormous global superpower.
Populated with such luminaries as legendary trial lawyer Clarence Darrow, the book begins with the alleged rape of the wife of a U.S. Navy Lieutenant by a group of local island boys. The reaction of both the Hawaiian governor as well as the Navy officials gives insight into the deepening distrust and alienation between the Americans and the Hawaiian people. The events spiral into murder, and the subsequent criminal trials offer fascinating insight into the tenuous relationship between the island people and the American government.
This is a true story and one gets the impression that Cobey Black has done the painstaking research needed to provide an accurate detailing of the events. But the author tells the story in the form of a novel, which allows the reader to gain insight into the characters and absorb the texture of their plight. And the metaphors of a woman's dignity taken from her can be applied to the heavy handed manner in which the Americans took over Hawaii and used her for their own purposes. The woman and her family are forever changed, and shortly thereafter, the Hawaiian islands would be forever changed as well.
Next to James Michener's magnificent story, "Hawaii Scandal" is probably the next most insightful book about how the islands became what they are today. The book is well written, well researched, and tells a tale which many of us are unaware. But what makes this an especially worthwhile and satisfying read is the author's ability to take the story to another level, one that leaves the reader with an understanding of what Hawaii became, and the price that was ultimately paid.
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Brotherhood of War: The Lieutenants, the Captains, the Major Review

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Brotherhood of War: The Lieutenants, the Captains, the Major ReviewThe Brotherhood of War ' The Lieutenants/The Captains/The Majors is a combination of the first three books of W.E.B. Griffin's magnificent series.
Unlike any other military book that I'm familiar with, Griffin writes about life in the military rather than focusing on combat as most military writers do. In this book, he will take you from the start of World War II through its end and into the years of developing tension with the Soviet Union and finally into Korea.
You will see what life in the Army is like through the eyes of two very different individuals; Craig Lowell , an obscenely rich, rebellious young man with astounding talents for both heroism and indiscretion and Sanford Felter, a small, slight, diminutive Jew with a brilliant mind and an uncompromising attitude. You will learn how both become Lieutenants in the U.S. Army through the most unlikely of circumstances and how both progress through the Army. You will meet their many friends, their superiors and their loves as Griffin makes each character come so alive, you imagine yourself standing beside them.
If your desire is tactical combat with bullets flying and bombs exploding, there will be very little of such situations in these books, which is a shame, considering how vivid and realistic Griffin presents them. However, for anyone who's ever wondered what the military life is like, I can give no higher recommendation.
Open these only when you are fully rested, because you will not get much sleep until you complete the entire series.Brotherhood of War: The Lieutenants, the Captains, the Major Overview

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Review

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest ReviewJust as Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" is held up as the trilogy to which all fantasy trilogies are inevitably compared, I've little doubt that Larsson's Millenium series will play that benchmark role for mystery thrillers over the next few decades.
"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" is an incredibly worthy successor to the previous two books in the trilogy. And toward the end, there will be moments when tears are brought to your eyes. Larrson knew precisely how to play with timing, rhythm, and wording to pace the story and its ending just right. I'm hard pressed to even guess how else he could have ended this series.
The story follows the natural conclusion of the events in the first two books as everything dovetails toward a "behind-closed-door" trial. Larrson did a very good job of the first part of this book that takes place in the hospital where Lisbeth is recovering. I really enjoyed reading things from her perspective, then spinning out to others involved and each of their limited pieces of the evolving puzzle. And things just get better as the book moves along.
Frankly, once you hit part three of the book, it's almost impossible to put down. I picked it up just once...just to read a chapter or two in the second half of the book...only to find that three hours had gone by and the book was over.
Larrson's tying up of many loose ends throughout the book - and this is key - throughout the book (not all in the last few chapters like so many other writers) is masterful. And that emphasizes the one tragic aspect of this final book: knowing that we will never again be graced with Larrson's storytelling mastery.
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