This book felt to me like a reporter’s "notebook cleaner" in which the author simply dumps old field notes into a new manuscript. As with many other volumes on the war, Miller doesn’t get to the full-scale Russian invasion until more than halfway through his book — but once he does, he is particularly good at recounting the chaotic, precarious early days of the war..

Miller’s account of this revolution is fascinating and granular, told through his encounters with protesters of all stripes.

[Miller] brings a seasoned, personal perspective to his book.

Immersive.

This is as much Miller’s personal narrative as it is a tale of the beginning of a war. Readers not drawn to the history of this conflict might find the book a bit too diary-like in its day-to-day accounts of people and places..

The value of this book is that it demonstrates the real toll in lives lost and broken.

Miller vividly illustrates the risks correspondents take.