Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt Army base in Mannheim, Germany, where the soldiers prefer real-life race riots to mock combat...
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Dec 16, 2009
Jenny
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This is about a bunch of macho douchebags who think everything is more important and weighty than it actually is--drugs, violence, guns, women and the stupid shit they say, blah blah, and WHAT'S WORSE? It's written from the second person 'you' perspective, so it feels like I'm the macho douche without actually having any of the benefits an actual macho douche could potentially receive. I hate this book so much I want to go inside and make the characters in it cry.
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Oct 04, 2007
Art
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NOTHING THIS GOOD, BEFORE OR SINCE
From the cover to the final page, not an iota of color exists within Buffalo Soldiers. Anyone who's lived in an army barrack during peacetime knows the direction race relations within the ranks have taken. O'Connor's chilling story leaves no doubt; the situation is worse than anyone imagined.
Free fall. That's where Spec-4 Ray Elwood is headed, and in his less and less frequent MPC's (moments of perfect clarity) he knows it. The More...
From the cover to the final page, not an iota of color exists within Buffalo Soldiers. Anyone who's lived in an army barrack during peacetime knows the direction race relations within the ranks have taken. O'Connor's chilling story leaves no doubt; the situation is worse than anyone imagined.
Free fall. That's where Spec-4 Ray Elwood is headed, and in his less and less frequent MPC's (moments of perfect clarity) he knows it. The More...
Jul 30, 2010
Rebekkila
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I really liked this book. I haven't read any books that are told from the second person, so this was a new experience. The story is mainly the reactions of the peripheral characters to the chaos that Elwood has created in his own personal life. The characters are shallow and the sad thing about it is as you read you know that they are real. It makes you wonder about where the author drew his inspiration. I highly recommend this book and can't wait to rent the movie.
Jan 21, 2011
Ashke
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The cast is shallow, unlikeable, despicable. The plot is nothing but a downward spiral. But it's a powerfully ironic and poignant mind screw. O'connor's style, with the exception of the second person narrative, reminds me of Vonnegut for some reason.
Jul 25, 2008
Gusmenary
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This made me want to be in the army less than all vietnam movies combined.
Okay, essentially marine stationed on an US army base in Germany. Sells drugs, fucks daughter of his CO, makes a ton of meth, CO kills him.
The author may have done too good a job conveying how boring things are there because I actually started to become bored with his descriptions of how boring things were. Boring.
Okay, essentially marine stationed on an US army base in Germany. Sells drugs, fucks daughter of his CO, makes a ton of meth, CO kills him.
The author may have done too good a job conveying how boring things are there because I actually started to become bored with his descriptions of how boring things were. Boring.
Jul 19, 2009
Jeffrey
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The book starts off plesantly brisk, combining the excitement of a hard boiled detective novel with the contemporary pop philosophies of Fight Club. The characters are sympathetic sociopaths. The setting is a military base, but the pervasiveness of drugs and violence could be from any group living situation.
Sadly, the book starts to drag halfway. Rather than escalating the gonzo craziness like a Harry Crews novel would do, O'Connor adds some side plots - a tank joy ride, a pompous More...
Sadly, the book starts to drag halfway. Rather than escalating the gonzo craziness like a Harry Crews novel would do, O'Connor adds some side plots - a tank joy ride, a pompous More...
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