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When Johnny Came Marching Home (2012)

by William Heffernan(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1617751278 (ISBN13: 9781617751271)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Akashic Books

review 1: I won this book as part of the Goodreads First Reads giveaways. Although the book jumps back and forth from times before, during and after the Civil War, I had no trouble keeping up with it. William Heffernan has created a very gripping story of war and how it affects everyone, whether they are fighting it or waiting for their loved ones to come home. I had trouble putting it down once I got started reading it. It was an excellent book.
review 2: Meh. I will finish it, because I hate not finishing books. But it's not great. It's written in a mixture of flashbacks and present, all from Jubal's perspective, but I feel it doesn't really describe the events all that well. It's kind of like Jubal is trying to actually tell the story, as opposed to it being told from... more Jubal's point of view; but he isn't a very good story teller, and so it comes across as a not very good first draft. It's more like a recitation of facts than a story. So while I will finish it, I wouldn't recommend it. less

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