Semper Fi (Corps Series #1)

One of the better books from a series of great books.

This first volume of The Corps is my personal favorite, because some of it takes place in China, and because it features the beginnings of many characters (I started with Behind the Lines, after which I was so intrigued I had to backtrack to Semper Fi). I had read Tom Clancy before, and I see now that Griffin is by far the better writer. His writing is technical, at times, but I don't think he is a techocrat like Clancy seems at times.

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Book #5 of this series is not available as a Nook Book

B&N has disappointed me with this series. After reading the first 4 of 10 I discovered that #5 is not available as a Nook book. Customer service says the publisher has not made the digital version available. This is a crock because Amazon has a digital version for the Kindle. Now I'm thinking of buying the $99 Kindle and saying adios to B&N.

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Awesome read

You really get to know the characters especially mcoy. You can really feel for them... great read

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Entertaining and engaging soap on a grand scale

This is one of the better books in this series as the author really focuses on a central character, Ken "Killer" McCoy. The characterization of the following books in the series suffers a bit more from fragmentation. This title, like much of Griffins work, is hard to put down. But it's basically a soap opera with a very abrupt ending. Absolutely no attempt is made to end the story. You are left hanging and just have to go get the next in the series. I also found the so-called romantic element pretty shallow. Griffin continuously confuses sex with romance. His characters, almost without exception, fall in 'love' (lust) on first sight (conversation not being necessary), immediately hit the sack (there apparently being a worldwide shortage of reluctant virgins in the early 40s) and go on to love happily ever after from that moment. But this fantasy allows the author to get more sex per page, I suppose. This aside, this book (and the entire series) is a real treat if you are interested in WWII or things military.

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Uhhhhjj

Stupid

I think the whole series is GREAT.

I think the whole series is GREAT.

Lasks detail

While there is no lack of knowledge concerning the military, there is however a huge lack of detail as far as story writing goes. A good plot, but you have to try to imagine every detail on your own. How can only a few pages be dedicated to the attack on Pearl Harbor? It was almost like reading about it in an 8th grade history textbook. I feel as though the author didnt try to be very creative with this book. I wont be buying any more books from this author.

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Icefang

Please make a prophocy where Bloodclan Oceanclan and Treeclan have to join forces against the rising Deathlightclan. I thought pf one of you want tp here it.

In the dark of day, Blood and Ocean will have to mix together, and the Trees will join with the red water. They will learn to work as one quickly, for the Light of Death is growing.

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Great book!

I couldn't put it down!

Real military history woven into a great story

I'm an ex-marine so I like anything about the corps and WEB Griffin is a great writer; I've read all his Corps series.

ME55

Highly Recommend!

Can't wait to read the rest of the series!

It was OK

It was all right not as good as Brotherhoof of war

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Great Book

I feel a sense of familiarity with the character and the events, terminology and etc in this book. WEB Griffin though served in the Army must of went through a great deal to write this book of a story of a Marine.

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Very Good

Semper Fi book 1 of The Corps series is an awesome intelligent book full of action and alot of reality of the men over seas in china and what happened to the few selected for the novel when they came back to the states i give this book 5 stars i enjoyed it very much W.E.B Griffin captures the very real truth of the whole ordeal after WW1

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another great griffin novel

w.e.b. griffin proves in his series 'the corps' that he is not a one-hit wonder with the brotherhood of war. he is definitely on my list of top three writers. he knows his history and how to create different characters that you can relate to and like. fairbairn-wielding corporal ken mccoy, usmc is just the first of them.

Wow

I have read many books concerning World War Two and this has to be the entrancing one yet. The Corps gives you everything your looking for and then some. Five stars is not enough to rate this book.

Spellbinding

Best series I've ever read, better even than Brotherhood of War. Totally involving, couldn't wait for the next one to come out. Just hope that Griffin will continue the story through the end of the war... please don't stop at book 8.

The Corps at its best.

Strarting with McCoy and adding personnel as the story grows, then mixing each with the other and adding real history and real people, real events and places with the fictional account keeps it alive. The only drawback is re-reading the entire set waiting for the next book to be printed. What this series really needs is to be made into a television mini-series.

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