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April 1865: The Month That Saved America
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I heard a lot of great things about this book, but I found it a bit disappointing. I thought the whole focus of the book would be about...well, April, 1865. But Winik was all over the place with his topics. It seemed as though he intially gathered information about just that month, discovered that it was not enough, and tacked on other tidbits about the war.
Also, I think he had a little too much fun with adverbs (at least I think they're adverbs. I could mean adjectives, but you be the judge). For example, whenever Winik quoted someone, it was never the typical "He said...", "She replied...", etc. It was things like "He bellowed...", "She screamed...", "He thundered...", "She roared..."
Now, I appreciate being creative in your writing, particularly when it comes to nonfictional works, but this seemed a little too much to me. But perhaps I'm just being a bit picky...or I'm secretly jealous of Winik's adverbial prowess : )
Also, I think he had a little too much fun with adverbs (at least I think they're adverbs. I could mean adjectives, but you be the judge). For example, whenever Winik quoted someone, it was never the typical "He said...", "She replied...", etc. It was things like "He bellowed...", "She screamed...", "He thundered...", "She roared..."
Now, I appreciate being creative in your writing, particularly when it comes to nonfictional works, but this seemed a little too much to me. But perhaps I'm just being a bit picky...or I'm secretly jealous of Winik's adverbial prowess : )
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April 17, 2012
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December 17, 2012
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January 15, 2013
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January 17, 2013
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January 23, 2014
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Apr 08, 2014 07:06PM
Those are just verbs. Adverbs help describe verbs, which I'm sure he used a lot as well; so, "she roared loudly:" roar would be the verb and loudly would be the adverb (since it's describing how she roared). Hope this helps, as your review helped me pass on this book :).
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Nate wrote: "Those are just verbs. Adverbs help describe verbs, which I'm sure he used a lot as well; so, "she roared loudly:" roar would be the verb and loudly would be the adverb (since it's describing how ..."Ha ha! Thanks for setting me straight on that! I guess I have some sort of a mental block when it comes to adverbs. Whenever I played with Mad Libs as a kid, adverbs were the ones I always had trouble using.
