Perhaps it is to much a product of another time but the jarring shifts of storyline between characters and the frequent jumps in time with no backfilling of the story made this book a chore to read.          

Lots of great pictures with a few interesting stories sprinkled throughout; not for the casual fan but worth checking out for a geek.          

** spoiler alert ** I enjoyed both the setting and the characters in this novel. While I generally prefer a little more resolution in stories I read, I am not terribly disappointed in the conclusion of this book. I look forward to more works by this author.          

Brisk and amusing if a bit repetitive - Like a can of Pringles, this book is better consumed in small chunks rather than in one sitting.

An insightful look into the mind of a man coping with his own crumbling mental faculties and his attempts to control his slide into madness during a turbulent period of American history.          

A swift and easy read reminiscent of Heinlein's juveniles without the hard science or moral philosophy.

I am frustrated because I do not know enough (yet) to decide whether this is a great or terrible book. The author is either a genius or an imbecile and the story is either a cultural prototype or painfully derivative. I just don't know.

Is the stilted language an insightful imitation of a badly translated story or merely bad?

Is the plot stunningly original or numbingly repetitive?

Are the characters the brilliant progenitors of stereotypes or only shadowy successors?

Bob Kane admits the Zorro influence on Batman, but how much has McCulley cribbed from The Scarlet Pimpernel? How much comes from earlier sources (it feels like Robin Hood to me...)

This is why I read, because each new book is not only enjoyable in and of itself but adds layers of context and history that allow me to reevaluate what I already have read, while simultaneously suggesting avenues of exploration I have never considered before.

An interesting and well-focused book that gave me a better appreciation for the related historical aspects (JFK, 50's and 60's politics and the ongoing blockade) as well as it suggested areas for further historical investigation that have been neglected so far in my studies (mainly Cuban history between the Spanish American war and the revolution).          

I went in to this book blind - seeing it on the shelf I just picked it up. It was an enjoyable and intensely personal and human look at one man's experiences both in the war and afterward. The sparse narrative and delicate illustrations combine for a memorable and at times haunting read.

Bleak, desolate and depressing; yet paradoxically uplifting and heartwarming.          

An example of Heinlein's lower tier of works - interesting and enjoyable but not worthy of study or rereading.          

Beautifully reproduced sketches and tight composition make for a moving, dialog-less story.

A solid collection of short fiction that showcases the growth of his short fiction into longer works.

A pleasure to read 75 years after publication - the story itself holds up and the unexpected period details make it even more enjoyable.          

A unique cross-genre masterpiece. Morrow crafts a novel that is original, funny, and sorrowful all at once.

Dated and extremely British but sprinkled with a few chuckles and laughs. Interesting to see the evolution of some of these topics and how they have been reused through the years by other authors.

This is one of the most insulting, paternalistic, painfully unfunny pieces of self indulgent tripe I have ever read. There is no redeeming value to it. A snide and condescending attitude abounds in it.

 

A satisfying installment of an ongoing saga. Campbell tells a self-contained story while moving along an overall plot-line - something far to few other authors are capable of doing well.

A worthy followup to the first volume that leave one very curious where the third installment will go. Keeping a theological dictionary on hand wouldn't be the worst of ideas for the frequent - but intrinsically necessary - references to obscure philosophical suppositions and heresies.          

Shorter than some of the other entries in this series but supplemented by an excellent introduction.