Not quite sure why I started this book right now. Again, I think perhaps the book chose itself. The crazy artwork on the cover above is very much in keeping with how crazy the book itself is. I like it a lot. I find myself turning audible on to hear what is happening next. The craziest thing is that the characters are from WV. And these people from our times found themselves plunked down in the middle of the 30 year war in the German speaking part of the world in 1632.
Eric Flint does a great job of entertaining while spoon feeding the reader with all sorts of facts about the time period of the 30 years war which just happens to be my new interest time period.....from the research that I have been doing on my Puritan ancestors in the Northeast of our country. It is interesting to compare what is going on all over the world in this time period.
Last night I was particularly entertained by the arrival of Scotsmen into the situation. Their way of talking was really fun....Eric captured the Scots nuances very well and it was also fun to see that the people from WV considered the Scots to be "family".....You just have to read this part of the book for yourself: Chapter 14.
Wikipedia has a good plot summary with links to lots of interesting information. It is worth viewing if you are reading this book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632_(novel)
I finished listening to this book last night (March 26th). The end was mostly battles and I found them to be a bit less of interest than the earlier parts of the book.
