O God of Battles

Can only have been written by a submariner. It isn't often that words fail me. For my money, Edward l Beach was one of the finest submarine writers. But... Am giving to say... In Harrying Homewoods books. He has found his match . Let me say it bluntly.... You cannot write books like Harrying H does, W......more

A decent war book but anything other than the battle scenes was clunky, slow, and nonsense. Attempts to create a "complex" character in Alex with his preachy religious hangups fell flat. More irritating than helpful to the story, his dialogue and actions went deep into cartoonish levels of virtue si......more

I had a Audible version and the female reader stunk!! Did not know military time framework kept calling bow of ship bow like in bow tie!! Inflection of the events was off. The story was excellent felt as if you were on board!! The torpedo in 1941 had both magnetic and contact fuses problems. The fin......more

Very good especially if you are not a strict Catholic. Excellent story of two brothers so different yet so much alike. About the stupidity of ingrained ideas and not being willing or able to challenge a dogma or idea. Faulty torpedoes, faulty religion, but real people in a terrible time.......more

The battles were good I not sure why religion and faith were so much of the storyline. Being of that faith and marrying into a strong 100% Irish family, and serving in the navy. I felt that it was overplayed in this novel......more