PATTUGLIA BRAVO TWO ZERO

This is a great book. BTZ is one of the more famous SF operations (gone wrong) stories told in the modern era, made even more popular in a namesake movie with Ned Stark. It is told from the POV of the patrol leader Andy (pseudonym) leading his eight-man team on cable-cutting and Scud-hunting mission Leggi tutto

"I can read you like a book, and not a very good book. Certainly not Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab. Which actually improves with every read." Alan Partridge. As an Alan Partidge devotee, I thought it only proper I should read the great man's favourite book. It tells the story of an SAS misson during

I am giving this book a rating of 3.5 Review to come soon.

I enjoyed this book for a number of reasons, but one was the way it was written. I mean I believe I could actually see the method of writing, whether from taped interviews and transcriptions or from careful notes. The book was written the way McNab speaks and that voice is what comes through. You ge Leggi tutto

4,25 stars - English paperback - Thanks Trevor for the book - found the raiding entery in an old agenda. 🌷🌸🌷

Perhaps the ultimate action thriller - because it's all true. Mere mortals can only wonder at the feats of sheer physical endurance, not to mention courage and resourcefulness, displayed by members of the world's elite fighting force. Enough said? I won't bother to repeat what many learned commentat Leggi tutto

Amazing. I am old enough to remember the 1st Gulf War when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. I was in the Middle East (ok - Saudi Arabia) for the invasion, and still vividly remember seeing the Stealth Bomber on the ramp at Riyadh airport - when the Americans were still denying its existence. Now onto t Leggi tutto

What an exhilarating read! different versions of the real-life mission notwithstanding I am compelled to say, this book's narrative sounded as close as one could get to being sincere. Only a man from the trenches could narrate so gruesome a story of interrogation and surviving it. I was honestly sur Leggi tutto

This book has such a slow beginning - if you are really into guns, military planning and macho banter, then you'll probably love it, but I found it a bit of a slog to start with. But once the 8 man team is sent behind enemy lines, and everything goes to hell, it's a story that races along. Forget all Leggi tutto