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Summary: EXCELLENT novel!
Review: A truly haunting tale of life in a POW camp. I couldn't put it down
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Summary: What's with the boring book cover
Review: this book deserves better than Ballantine's cover jacket art, I nearly missed it in the bookstore and I ALWAYS look for Katzenbach; one of the smoothest writers out there! Excellent Read! Spend your last dollar for this one!
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Summary: A murder mystery with a most unusual setting
Review: This book is a fascinating look inside a POW camp as well as a terrific mystery. It's also a chance to examine civil rights issues before the era of civil rights (This is my only criticism--I kept feeling that there was too much of a 1990's filter in this area.) It's a great read and makes me want to look for his earlier books.
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Summary: This book is riveting with unparalled writing
Review: Hart's War grabs you from the opening page. The writing is exceptional...you feel like you are in the prisoner of war camp living every minute. The plot brings home the merits of a working justice system and the depth and damage of racial hatred. THis is an incredibly moving book...I've passed it on to friends and family, and their lives have stopped when they started reading.
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Summary: John and Nick should be proud of each other........
Review: A number of years ago, I read John Katzenbach's first book, "In The Heat of the Summer." I enjoyed it very much and have read all of his work since. They've all been enjoyable, but he has really, though, rung the bell with "Hart's War." The reader will experience fear, hope, exhilaration, sadness,and, yes, extreme patriotism during this novel's 490 swiftly turning pages. Apparently, author/son John conferred with his dad who spent time in a POW camp during WW 2 before going on to a distinguished career as the Attorney-General of the United States. It was the elder Katzenbach, incidentally, who confronted Governor George Wallace in the doorway at the University of Alabama in the issue of admittance of blacks into that educational system in the '60's. I think a son who had a father who played such a major role in our history would be rightfully proud of his dad. In return, that father should also be very proud of his son who has written not only a wonderfully engrossing tale of men confined to confusion, deprivation, and fear, but has managed to weave a story around those conditions that talks to race, family, and human virtues. As has been stated in others' reviews of the book, it cannot be put down until finished. Memories of similarly themed works come to mind...."Stalag 17," "Von Ryan's Express," but neither these nor others capture all the elements of men at war, with both themselves and the enemy, as wonderfully rich as does "Hart's War." Father and son have done each other proud!
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Summary: An amazing piece of work
Review: Hart's War was a spectacular book about World War Two and the imprisonment of American and other Allied pilots. The different genres were integrated seamlessly with the plot and dialogue absolutely exceptional. I cannot wait for the movie as that I think if truly done correctly could win Oscars and be an exceptionally moving experience in it's own right. I beg of you to read it.
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Summary: A Real Page Turner
Review: Katzenbach's latest is one of his best. The suspense from cover to cover keeps your attention and drives you to read on and on. My only hope is that if Hollywood makes a film of this story they don't butcher it as they did with "Just Cause".
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Summary: A page turner
Review: Really enjoyed this one. A little bit of everything, WWII, courtroom, suspense and mystery. Funny, I got a lump in my throat the final scene also. Not many books I've read have been able to do that. Stalag 17 meets To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Summary: Outstanding!!
Review: I bought this book after it was suggested in an on-line book group. I've recently become interested in WWII, and the aspect of prisoner of war camps was one I'd not read much about. I got way more than I bargained for with this book! From the beginning, I was hooked. This is not a "male" or "female" book;it requires no background knowledge of WWII for it to be interesting. I found myself actually wanting to shout aloud to the characters, much as I might do in a very tense, exciting movie. I knew how it felt to be trapped. I can't recall when I've had such a satisfying read. I didn't want it to end; I'll have a hard time letting go of these characters. As to the movie: I also pictured Tom Cruise in the role of Tommy Hart, but decided (sadly) that he might be a little too "movie star" for the part. I see Denzel Washington as a logical choice for Lincoln Scott, but I also picture Samuel Jackson (or a younger version)in the role. I hope Hollywood doesn't screw this up; it's way too good. I've already gotten my husband to swear this will be his next read, and have also talked my father-in-law into it. I will recommend this book to anyone and everyone. It's a superb page-turner.
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Summary: Intriguing, hard to put down.
Review: Just finished this book, it was intriguing and hard to put down. Hope the movie does it justice. Fascinating story and interesting characters and I felt a lump in my throat at the very end. I did not notice technical faults that others have mentioned (such as descriptions of airplane,etc). A great book by an author I enjoy reading.
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