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It's hard to say where exactly Omar El Akkad went wrong with American War, because on the surface, this appears to be such a well-constructed novel. El Akkad ties in the story of our protagonist, Sarat, with his imagined vision of a second American Civil War in a way that's comprehensive and undeniably steeped with tragedy. The world building in this novel is immense, with various news articles scattered like historical set pieces throughout the narrative. But when you look closer, there are too
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To be completely accurate, this book was more of a 2 1/2 star book for my personal taste, but for what it is in the genre I felt it deserved more. It's not the book's fault that I'm not a fan of apocalyptic, dystopian, or any sort of war story and only read it for a book club. And as a book in that genre, I highly recommend it! The characters were compelling (even if unlikable) and the story was good. A little terrifying, actually, because I could see it happening pretty easily.
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a tragedy--there's no other word for it. 3.5
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Aug 20, 2017
lady h
marked it as dnf

Jul 31, 2017
Rebecca Hsieh
marked it as to-read