*Magnify*
SPONSORED LINKS
Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/product_reviews/pr_id/113526-Armageddon
ASIN: B01N4DYT2M
ID #113526
Armageddon   (Rated: GC)
Product Type: Kindle Store
Reviewer: Joy
Review Rated: 13+
Amazon's Price: $ 5.99
Product Rating:
  Setting:
  Story Plot:
  Length of Book:
  Usefulness:
  Overall Quality:
Summary of this Book...
Finally, I read Armageddon on my Kindle, a novel I had wanted read to for a long time. The book covers the events that took place in Berlin from 1945 to 1949. The novel begins with Sean O’Sullivan, whose brother Liam was killed by the Germans, being sent to Germany in 1944. Soon enough his second brother Tim is killed, also, when his plane is downed. The death of both his brothers and his discovery of a concentration camp leaves Sean as a German-hater. Still throughout the novel, he does his best to turn Germany’s fate around to help build a new democratic nation, but when it comes to his falling in love with the German girl Ernestine whose father was a Nazi, he can’t find a way to overlook his brothers’ demises or his hatred of the Germans.

Although the above thread runs throughout the novel, there are many other interpersonal situations, relationships, and fantastic scenes because the book is much more than a failed love story. It is full of history, the clash of ideologies between Russians and the West, the good Germans versus the bad ones, and the ruin of a country and society after a terrible war. More than anything this story is about the success of the Berlin Airlift and indomitable spirit of humanity. The novel also boasts hordes of characters, most of whom meticulously drawn and presented.

As the novel’s general plot, Interaction among the people of Western nations and Russians, though having started in friendly terms, deteriorates over the years due to the ulterior motives of the Russians, leading to blockades and the airlift, which is precisely and methodically explained and shown through the actions of the characters. In fact, I am awed by the amount and expanse of research that must have gone into it.

The book ends with the ending of the Russian blockade and the Airlift, signaling the beginning of the Cold War, aptly described by a General’s report.

This type of Book is good for...
understanding some of the historical data and how people suffer and clash with each other at the ends of wars.
I especially liked...
everything.
The n/a of this Book...
is Leon Uris, (1924–2003) the author of many nonfiction, screenplays, and numerous bestselling novels. His epic Exodus (1958) has been translated into over fifty languages.
I recommend this Book because...
Even if you've read many novels and nonfiction about the aftermath of World War II, you'll find additional eye-openers in this book, which is close to 700 pages. It takes a while to read it. Plus the writing is exquisite as is the construction of the plot.
Created Feb 17, 2018 at 11:03pm • Submit your own review...

You Could Send Gift Points, But You Don't Have Any Gift Points To Send!
Remember, Gift Points say more than words & encourage Authors to "Write On!". If you need more information on Writing.Com Gift Points and their function, please read: Gift Points Information

Important: All emails are logged! Harassment of other members, by any means within Writing.Com is strictly prohibited, will not be tolerated and may result in account termination.

Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/product_reviews/pr_id/113526-Armageddon