Have you ever heard the saying: Never judge a book by its cover? When you first pick up a book what’s the first thing you look at? Is it the title, cover picture, or maybe the author? When I pick up a book the first thing I will look at is the title and if it doesn’t seem like my type of book I will put it back. When I first picked up Seal Team Six by Howard E. Wasdin I new it was going to be a book I would enjoy. Training, discipline, sniping, and action are all things that I would enjoy reading about. Grading this book I would give it an A-, because of its in depth stories, uniqueness, and it ability to be read by anyone.
Starting off my reasons for this books grade are the in depth and detailed stories. Many of the stories have a lot of information in a small amount of writing. This makes it an easy book to read that also produces a lot of interest to keep reading. It has a very fast paced feeling along with smooth transitions
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This is so helpful especially for someone who may not understand military terms. If I came across some word that I didn’t completely understand I would go to the beginning and find it to fully understand it. The book is also great at making good stories that are detailed but still allow a reader to not become bored. “The major told us, “You two gave an excellent brief. Your FFP was outstanding—one of the better ones I’ve seen. I personally walked on top of it. Your briefing technique was superb.” We breathed a sigh of relief. Of course our briefing technique was outstanding— we’d been doing it since BUD/S” (Wasdin 166). In these few sentences there are a couple of things most people would not understand. One would be FFP, which this stands for Final Firing Position. Another one would be BUD/S, which stands for Basic Underwater Demolition/ SEALs Training. Both of these words could be found in the glossary for a reader who didn’t