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AUGUST 2012 (Group Read 1): Virtues of War by Steve Pressfield
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Just as D said, that makes total sense about Stone's Alexander. I felt the movie in Virtues all the way through and did wonder from the beginning if it was the book that inspired the movie.
Don't get me wrong. I did like the book. Didn't love it though. I only thought it was 3 star, for me, as it had that weird disconnect where you couldn't get close to Alexander. It was like looking at Alexander through murky glass. :-)