So I originally read Red Storm Rising when it first come out in paperback in 1988 and carrying around that big beast of a book (725 pages!) so I could read it whenever I could find the time. Not sure what spurred me on to try it again (not usually a big fan of rereading books - with a Want To Read list over 1200 books at this point!) but I was interested to see what it would be like 30(!) plus years later, this time in a much more portable ebook format.

And you know what - it really held up! It took a bit more to get into but by the middle of the book I was once again riveted and couldn't wait to get back to it. It has its limitations to be sure - it is purely a military book, with lots of male battlefield heroes (although there are a couple interesting female ones). And of course the technology and weaponry would be certainly wildly out of date.

But the story, despite its constant flashing around to various fronts (mostly air and sea, strangely enough, with a couple interesting land battles described), held together pretty well and there were lots of interesting vignettes. So this is one reread that really held up and if you are at all a "military novel" kind of person, I highly recommend this book, even after all these years.