Semper Fi

Well I was very surprised by this book. The book has received countless four and five star reviews and I thought I would love it. Historical fiction about marines in the lead up to World War II? How could a guy like me not love it? I am so disappointed by this book. I am not one of the people on thes......more

W.E.B. Griffin's "The Corps" series are not simply books about war. The war is a backdrop for vignette's about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. His characters are detailed, living, breathing, flawed creatures... just like you and I. Book 1 "Semper Fi" follows Ken J. 'Killer' McCoy. It......more

I read several W.E.B. Griffin series back near the start of the millennia and loved them. Then I read a couple of isolated books of his fifteen or so years later and wasn’t so thrilled. So it was with mixed feelings that I returned to my favorite Griffin series to see if it still lived up to my memo......more

And the first shall be last. Amazon presented these books to me in a somewhat haphazard order without the numbers posted in their ads. That's really not the best way to read them, but it was still pretty good. I kind of picked up the books in the middle of the series, read to what I think is the end......more

I don't know...I had such high hopes for this book and it just didn't live up to expectations. My hope now is this book was just an introduction of several characters that we'll follow throughout WWII(?). It was well written, the characters were developed well. I found McCoy real interesting and hop......more