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All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

Start date: January 1, 2019

Finish date: January 31, 2019

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March read - Ham on Rye
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Jan 05, 2019 Irene rated it really liked it

I don’t know how anyone could read this classic and still view war as a noble defense of homeland, or soldiers as heroic figures. This vivid account of a young soldier in the trenches of WWI powerfully conveys the brutal, capricious violence of war, the gratuitous cruelty of officers drunk on power, bodies and minds irreparably broken, the lives senselessly cut short, the absolute futility of it all. This confirmed my pacifist stance and my opinion that war is immoral.

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Feb 09, 2014 Cosmic Arcata rated it it was amazing

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It is mentioned in the Catcher In The Rye. This is a realistic picture of war.

Read this twice now.

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Jan 20, 2018 Mary rated it it was amazing

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To quote General Sherman -- "War is hell".

That's the famous quote attributed to General Sherman, a Union General from the Civil War.

And that's the end of my review. Read this book. It's a mesmerizing, horrific account of trench warfare during WWI. ...more

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