Official Review: Lost Bastards by L. Todd Wood

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I generally am not a fan of reading war novels, but nice review!
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Great review! I don't know much of anything about the Korean War, but I have wanted to read this for a while. Since it has earned a 4/4, I will make sure to read it. :D
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It is a nice one. It sounds a good story of war. Thanks for the BOTD.
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I don't know much about the Korean war, so I actually don't know if it's my type of book or not. I can say that your review of it sounds very interesting, and because of that I may have to give it a shot.
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I'm glad that this book satisfied your quest for knowledge on Korea. Hopefully, it will spark one for me!
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This sounds like a very good war story. However, that's not really my cup of tea. Nice job on a thorough review!
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wow this book is a must read for war tales lovers.it is an action packed book.but as it is, not everyone may like to read it,that is people that hates or dislike war stories.but its a good job.
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This sounds interesting, it would definitely be a way to learn more about the Korean War. Thanks for your in-depth review.
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I understand your point about the formatting. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the book overall though. Thank You for the honest and well written review.
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War is only delightful to those who have no knowledge of it
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I don't really know a lot about this period of history, so I would be interesting in learning more! It sounds like this is a really well written and emotional story. Thanks for the great review :)
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Thanks for this excellent review. I am a history lover and from your review the book seems very informative and it delivers a good story as well.
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A historical fiction that too of the Korean war era is definitely a good read. Congrats on being the BOTD..Well Deserved..:)
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I'm not a big reader of war stories, but you had me at swearing. I like books with a lot of swearing. ;) That being said, you gave some great insight into the book and I'm looking forward to checking out the sample to see if I'll keep reading or not.
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This book sounds interesting, even though it's not my usual read. Nevertheless, Korean war stories have an appeal to a lot of people. I don't care much for swearing, though, even though it might fit well with the theme in this case. Thanks!
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