Official Review: A Police Action by A. A. Freda

[Miercoles]

Thanks for the review. I was questioning the reason for the title and your review gives the answer. Sounds a good page-turner with some interesting information about the Vietnam War. It should be a good read.

[jedreid]

dreaming to be one, i immediately bought the book because of its title. and honestly, i'm quite disappointed that the review and the sample had shattered my expectation. nevertheless, this seems like a great love and war story so i wouldn't mind reading it! great review!

[Kajori Sheryl Paul]

A coming of age story with themes of war and love seems interesting.

Thank you for the great review.

[Tim Terry]

An interesting review about a complicated subject dealt with by the book. As an ex-South African soldier who served in a similar unpopular war in Angola, I will be interested to compare how this book describes the Vietnam war. I think that the humour and the discomfort that the soldiers shared will be similar to ours and I think the different types of characters encountered will also be similar. Our war was also referred to as police actions in the beginning until it escalated to a much higher intensity. This review provokes a strong interest in me to read this book.

[dentonmidwife]

When I first started reading, I thought, "Boring". It appeared to not be my style of book at all. The more that I read, the more I thought that it would be a great gift for my dads as they were both Marines during the Viet Nam war. By the end of the first chapter, I really started to enjoy the story line and could see myself finishing the book.

[todwyer01]

From a sampling, this seems like it would be a great historical fiction. The author's use of personal experiences during the Vietnam War to develop his characters gives them sense of realism. This is definitely worth a second look. Well Done.

[Ekta Kumari]

I like a book with strong character development and an engaging storyline, and this one seems to have both. I would most likely check this one out. Thanks for the thorough review.

[Sanyesto]

This seems like a page-turner - it's great that the author took the time to develop the plot and to make sure that the characters are well-rounded. Thank you for the great review!

[Sanyesto]

This seems like a page-turner - it's great that the author took the time to develop the plot and to make sure that the characters are well-rounded. Thank you for the great review!

[Wandering Melanesian]

To be honest, I read a sample of the book and was put off. The writer's flow was good at the begining paragraph so I know that he'd be able to maintain the narrative till the end, however I didn't think it was necessary to begin his story with tidbits of details. As a reader, I was struggling to understand what he was getting at without being curious enough to continue reading to find out more. For myself, what this means is that as a writer his first lines didn't draw me in. But thanks to your review, I'll give the book another go. It seems like a worthy read.

Thanks!

[Celticlady]

I don't care to read war stories but this book seems to be so much more than just the Vietnam war. Thank you for the review.

[T_stone]

This is a well-thoughtout book with an interesting plot. It also has good character development. I'd like to read another Vietnam war that's well-researched. This is a good review.

[Seraphia Bunny Sparks]

Thanks for the interesting review concerning this story. I appreciate that the author uses his own personal experience from serving in the Vietnam war to write this story. I like that he gives us the story from the perspective of Samantha and James. I tend to gravitate towards stories that give me both sides of the story. The author definitely sets the stage quickly with the two meeting, Sam revealing her secret to him and James going off to war. It will be interesting to read how the two characters overcome the distance created by war and the knowledge of Sam being pregnant with another man's child.

[Sanju Lali]

There is an interesting depiction about the Vietnam war in this book "A Police Action" by A. A. Freda. Freda served in the Vietnam war and he brings out his personal experience into this coming-of-age story
of James, the main character, who is deployed at this war. This book appears quite appealing as it gives insights of the Vietnam war from a different perspective.

[dhomespot]

It sounds like this is a great book about the war without it sensationalizing it. I do like when an author takes the time to explain things that we would normally just overlook. Great job with the review.