Sorry I was late to read this very interesting conversation. It is so exciting to suddenly find recs for three substantial m/m books all at once.
Last night I had a look at SF chapter 1, because that was the easiest, also I do have a kink for men in camo fatigues, and I don't mind reading about rape. Anyway, having read it, I thought others were excessively critical of the writing in SF, and I am a native English speaker who works as a proofreader, so I really do notice (and hate) errors of grammar and punctuation. I thought the language was intended to be direct and spare, to reflect the characters' point of view. They are not the type of men to think poetic thoughts about the beauty of the landscape. There wasn't much dialogue, and what there was had to reflect the fact that Dan and the 2 Russians only knew a little of each others' languages, so again they weren't going to have long and eloquent conversations.
I am looking forward to reading some more, and I hope Dan reappears.
Re: special forces
Last night I had a look at SF chapter 1, because that was the easiest, also I do have a kink for men in camo fatigues, and I don't mind reading about rape. Anyway, having read it, I thought others were excessively critical of the writing in SF, and I am a native English speaker who works as a proofreader, so I really do notice (and hate) errors of grammar and punctuation. I thought the language was intended to be direct and spare, to reflect the characters' point of view. They are not the type of men to think poetic thoughts about the beauty of the landscape. There wasn't much dialogue, and what there was had to reflect the fact that Dan and the 2 Russians only knew a little of each others' languages, so again they weren't going to have long and eloquent conversations.
I am looking forward to reading some more, and I hope Dan reappears.
Thank you very much for this rec!