Jason Waltz’s Reviews > Valhalla > Status Update

Finally getting a real story and a rather good one these last 30 pages! These Marines are gearing up for a new war and now they've purpose, so now the book has purpose as well. Guess that's its point though -- how mindlessly UNpurposeful warriors at peace become.

Gotta be one of the weirdest books I've read. Meanders all over, moves into different players' heads, makes lots of noise, says very little. Far more a great crapshoot than remotely a story.

plodding along. random POV jumps - from brief to entire chapter - have begun appearing, which is odd after the 200+ pages of a single POV. however, it is these that have spiked my interest, as a few of these perspectives have been far more informative/enthralling than the primary one who is pretty darn boring now that I've learned that what he pretty much thought/saw on page 1 is still what he sees/thinks on page 330

still slogging through this one - finally had some meaty insertion within a sub-character's arc that's been the best the book has offered so far.

Finally some meat, the pathos of a warrior treading water in a peacetime Marine Corps. Prior to this a whole lot of whining and moping meandering; I've been waiting for the protagonist to grow some balls and for something important to happen. Had to find a tertiary character for some meaning and a possible reason to even keep this book on the USMC shelves.

I will finish this book. I won't be keeping it, but I will read it all.