Nick
This was a good book. I loved the imagery that Larry McMurtry uses to describe thing, it was very easy to visualize. I also felt like this book was historically accurate for the time period. I came away feeling that I learned a lot about what it may have been like in the old west.
Altogether it was far too long and slow moving to keep my interest though. Maybe I just have a short attention span, but by then end of the book it started to become somewhat of a grind and i found myself lusting after other books.
This was a good book with some solid principles. Each principle is backed up with some interesting stories from William McRaven's experience in the SEAL teams. My only reservation is that the content is very similar to a lot of the other SEAL based books that have been coming out recently. In particular a lot of the content seemed very similar to Damn Few by Rorke Denver (probably because of shared experiences). On a plus side this book was very brief and to the point which made it a quick afternoon read.
I started this book thinking that it was just an adventure story of some rafters that sped down the Colorado River. It turned out to be a much bigger story than that. I would say that there are three main components to this book. First, there is the story of three men daring to make a speed run at the highest flow that it ever reached. Second is the story of the engineers struggling to keep the Glen Canyon Dam from tearing itself apart due to some devastating structural flaws. The third story contained in this book is a powerful tribute to the majesty and history of the Grand Canyon itself.
Before reading this book I had visited the north rim of the Grand Canyon a couple of times. It was beautiful, but I never had any much desire to do much more than look at it. After finishing this book I now have a new item for my bucket list. I need to raft the canyon in a dory so that I can fully experience the canyon.
The way that the author describes things is very powerful and at times almost poetic. If you can't experience the canyon for yourself this is a very close second.
This book wasn't quite what I was going it would be. I can't quite put my finger on why. It had all of the elements that I love, video games, space battles, and the fight for human survival. For some reason the book just never really grabbed me. I don't regret reading it, but don't go into it expecting anything like ready player one.
This was an interesting read. It is written as an oral collection of stories from eyewitnesses of a worldwide zombie outbreak a few years past. It brings up some interesting points about what might happen in the case of a zombie outbreak. It was really interesting hearing all of the varied points of view, from that of a doctor, to a soldier, to a little girl.
It was a nice light read and the variety of stories really kept my interest (maybe I have a little ADD.) It didn't get too political, but it still covered the political effects of a zombie infestation.
I really wanted to like this book. I've heard nothing but good things about it. At first it was fun to hear a backstory for all of the old greek gods, but by about halfway through the book I didn't care about any of the characters and reading it seemed like a chore. So I decided to just give up on it and not finish it. I usually have a hard time not finishing books, but I'm not even curious how this book ends.