Helpful Score: 1
Loved it! I am not a fan of either weapons specs or WWII military history, but I got this book because I am a huge fan of its author's work at SomethingAwful.com. I am very happy to say I was not disappointed! The great humor is there, the unobtrusively clever writing style is there, and the material I thought I would find most boring - the weapons history - was presented in a way that I found interesting and engaging. In all honesty, I did skim over or skip the tech specs charts for most of the equipment, but I did get into the history of the inventions. The illustrations were great and rival anything found in a "real" military history book. My favorite parts of the book were the fictional accounts of recurring characters encountering the war inventions. True to his word, Parsons did make all the characters extremely likeable and interesting. I wouldn't mind reading extended accounts of some of them. I knew the characters would be funny, but I was surprised at the depth to which the characters were developed, how well the scenes and dialogue were written, and just how realistic everything came across. I say this because while I am not a military history fan, I do read alot of war-period memoirs and alternate history fiction, and these fictional accounts rang true in all areas - although perhaps Lincoln's accounts were stretching it a bit. This book is a perfect blend of genres for those who like historical fiction and hard military history. I give this book 4 stars, rather than 5, because I'm greedy and I finished the book wanting much more.
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