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The author played fast and loose with history to advance his thesis of a country and Navy that did not deserve victory. While well written, it portrayed an artificially damning narrative of the United States and the U.S. Navy in World War II. I found it unconvincing in its portrayal of disloyal officers putting personal issues above their duty to their men and ship. This is an example of revisionist storytelling. I believe the author was trying to hide an anti- American bias behind a portrayal of the nitty gritty "real" story.

On another note, this is proof of the demise of proof reading. There were so many errors of punctuation that nearly every page contained at least one and many pages contained several. This product should not have cost even one cent. Even free, this would have cost too much.


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Time and Tide Thomas Fleming 9780553274561 Books Reviews

Ebook has two identical Part 6 sections, no part 5. Marred by periods and commas scattered randomly throughout. No breaks when scenes or point of view changes occur. A shame that such good writing is marred by such careless editing.
Time & Tide is an interesting WWII story. Not sure that the amount of homosexual behavior described in the book among crew was as blatant as is outlined. The prejudice against gay people was so intense in the 1940's that most married and attempted to hide their preferred life style. Even on a boat the size of a cruiser there are few hiding places. I believe the hatred against the Japanese was so intense that many service personnel subordinated their Navy frustrations with an anger toward the Japanese military. That does not appear in the story until the Kamikaze attacks.

In chapter six, it is a repeat of an earlier chapter and the editors need to reformat the layout.
The story is intriguing, the characters are real and the author shows every sign of knowing the place and time.
My complaint is the slipshod editing. There are periods inserted in front of. Words that are capitalized and, commas are, occasionally thrown in, in a seemingly random fashion.
So instead of a very good story the reader is constantly reminded he's reading a book that was apparently subjected to a very poor editing program.
The effect is similar to watching a movie with poor acting.
I think when you pay this much for a book it should be done professionally.
It would get a five star from me if it had.
Time and Tide ISBN 9781612307206, New Word City, is a novel by Thomas Fleming set in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
It is nice to have another book with a story about what often was referred to as the "forgotten war" because in the early stages of the war against the Japanese the largest concentration of money, equipment and participants were funneled toward the war in Europe. The quantity of supplies, equipment, and managerial manpower and even the quality of these necessities often seemed to be of inferior grade or marginal, at best.
The book is well written for the most part and the author has done a fine job of projecting a sense of this feeling that was prevalent among individuals actively participating in the struggles in this `lost part of the world'. He also has produced a number of characters with whom the reader can empathize and has provided some insight for the uninitiated as to the importance of pin-point shelling of shore positions by naval vessels, of the devastating effect of their heavy shells on each other as well, along with torpedoes and the psychological as well as physical damage caused by Kamikaze attacks. A reader might question the credibility of the extensive activity in heavy engagements in which this ship was engaged, but there were in actuality a few that did survive similar repeated heavy involvement.
The main problem for this reader, even accepting the fact that this is a novel, is a difficulty in believing the Captain's decisions although, shades of The Caine Mutiny, the psychological baggage the Captain carried and his handling of the basic problem facing the ship's personnel, certainly could cause the entire ship and its personnel to be as thoroughly fouled up as portrayed, although the amount of homosexuality included (in the 1940's)is questionable. Additionally, as a novel, a large amount of material; e.g. much of the Mail Call material, does nothing to `move the story forward' and could be removed, or at least greatly condensed. Additionally, if I am not mistaken, Chapter 6 is repeated.
To summarize a welcome addition to remembrances of WW II, but judicious editing would produce a better novel. Reviewed by John H. Manhold, award winning fiction/non-fiction author.
I understand an updated version that provides corrections has been issued. John H. Manhold
Oy. While I'm sure there were venal, petty, cowardly, self-serving officers and seamen in the US Navy during World War II, hard to believe that so many, from Adm. Ernest King down to what seemed like a majority of the line officers and petty officers on a cruiser in the Pacific, could possibly be as bad as portrayed in this novel. Hard to believe also that so many women would be as conniving, political and back-biting as many of the female characters portrayed in this novel. Most people are a mix of good and bad traits and characteristics - but too many of Thomas Fleming's characters have little to no redeeming values. Despite all that, the plot line of this novel - of an officer trying to stay true to the lifelong friend who he relieved of command, while simultaneously trying to lead the ship's crew to become an effective fighting force amid incompetence and political infighting in the Navy, is a good one. Unfortunately, the story is marred by too many bad characters, unrealistic dialogue, and some of the worst copy editing/proofreading I've ever seen in any book, print or electronic. Nearly every page is dogged by random punctuation (I lost count of how many periods appeared in the middle of sentences), garbled words, misplaced italics, etc. The quality of copy editing and proofreading in general has been trending downward, especially in books, but this one is the worst I've seen yet. I had to struggle to finish it.
The author played fast and loose with history to advance his thesis of a country and Navy that did not deserve victory. While well written, it portrayed an artificially damning narrative of the United States and the U.S. Navy in World War II. I found it unconvincing in its portrayal of disloyal officers putting personal issues above their duty to their men and ship. This is an example of revisionist storytelling. I believe the author was trying to hide an anti- American bias behind a portrayal of the nitty gritty "real" story.

On another note, this is proof of the demise of proof reading. There were so many errors of punctuation that nearly every page contained at least one and many pages contained several. This product should not have cost even one cent. Even free, this would have cost too much.