Alan's War

I was all prepared to love Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Guibert. A new friend I met recently while volunteering recommended this book to me after sending this extraordinary link to me. The video shows how the author/artist uses ink washes to create his designs.

I was really captivated by the artistry, but quickly lost interest after reading several chapters. In my defense, I am not much of a memoir reader. Cope excelled in the army becoming an instructor and saw very little (if any) of the actual war. According to some reviews I have read on Amazon, the book does become more philosophical later on, but I never encountered that having quit earlier on.

While the art in Alan's war is fantastically rendered, I found the story flat.