Kayote B. (kayote) reviewed on + 254 more book reviews
This book is supposed to be a collection of actual (or at least actually attempted) inventions of WWII. It came highly recommended by a friend.
I think I'll be highly suspicious of his suggestions in the future.
There was some interesting information on oddball inventions. Within a given chapter there was a small bit of information. A lot of numbers. Then a longer section on hypothetical deployment then several pages that used various characters (repeated throughout the book) to write the invention into a novel-type scene. The numbers I personally skimmed. The next two sections added nothing to the book, especially the story-scenes. I would REALLY have rather the effort gone into better descriptions and history of the inventions than his little made up world. I picked up the book for non-fiction.
My SO read some of it, and he just skipped the made up parts of the chapter and was enjoying it more than I was. He's more of a specs person than I am, so he at least enjoyed both the non-fiction parts of the chapter. He was also not impressed with the humor or purpose of the random parts.
I think I'll be highly suspicious of his suggestions in the future.
There was some interesting information on oddball inventions. Within a given chapter there was a small bit of information. A lot of numbers. Then a longer section on hypothetical deployment then several pages that used various characters (repeated throughout the book) to write the invention into a novel-type scene. The numbers I personally skimmed. The next two sections added nothing to the book, especially the story-scenes. I would REALLY have rather the effort gone into better descriptions and history of the inventions than his little made up world. I picked up the book for non-fiction.
My SO read some of it, and he just skipped the made up parts of the chapter and was enjoying it more than I was. He's more of a specs person than I am, so he at least enjoyed both the non-fiction parts of the chapter. He was also not impressed with the humor or purpose of the random parts.
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