Comments on: The Bombers and the Bombed – Mini-Review

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:47:34 +0000

In this case, I think it was really just too many facts. The author did a pretty good job of working individual facts into the story in an interesting way. There were just so many of them, the story got a bit bogged down.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:34:17 +0000

Yep, I remembered your recent WWII read as I was writing this! It’s a topic I thought would be exciting, but it was just a bit too fact heavy for me.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:31:33 +0000

It’s true! In this book, I think the author did a pretty good job working the facts into the story, but there were just too many facts. It really dragged for me! And while I hated not to finish a book I’d probably not rate that badly if I could have finished it, I felt very relieved to just be done with it.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:34:59 +0000

The balance between facts and story in nonfiction is really hard! It’s too bad this one didn’t quite fall on the right side for you,

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:50:13 +0000

Hmm, too much detail in WWII nonfiction seems to be going around! I admit, the topic intrigues me, but I don’t know if the depth is what I would want on the topic right now.

By: Jennine G.

Jennine G. — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:58:45 +0000

It is a fine line sometimes between how much info is needed and what is too much. Or it’s just a matter of how it is all presented.