3.5 Stars

I should have read the book a decade ago when I was awestruck by authors like Alistair Maclean, Jules Verne, PG Wodehouse, etc. Reading the book now didn't create the same effect on me.

The story format works better in a physical copy for me. Plodding through the ebook wasn't satisfying.

I'm not a fan of generational family sagas. If I wasn't sure of this earlier, I am now. :/

The hatred or feud between Kane and Abel seemed to be based on a not-so-strong point, IMO. It did seem a little exaggerated, though people have killed each other for a lot less.

Unlike the majority (based on what I gathered from the reviews I read), I'm not Team Abel. I was when the book began, but couldn't continue to root for him later on.

Some incidents seemed coincidental and not so believable. It worked together in the end, so that's what matters more, I suppose.

I got to learn more about WWI, a topic that seems to have fewer books dedicated to it.

The writing style creates drama without dramatizing anything. Still, I won't be picking up the next books in the series. The blurbs don't attract me. I'll read the short stories anthologies before picking up another novel.

The book was written in 1979, so I won't be comparing it with any other work. The contemporary ones came afterward.