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Since this book's a classic, on many a high school summer reading list, I'll keep my comments brief. Tim O'Brien writes stories that hit you in the solar plexus, and then leaves you dazed as you wonder how and why in the hell he just suckerpunched you. He's crystal clear that war makes people behave evil. Period. The narrator, a character in the story named Tim O'Brien (whether or not the character represents the actual, real Tim O'Brien, however, the stories he tells of himself strike me as "tr
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I listened to the audible version of this book so I enjoyed the book over an extended amount of time. I liked the stories in the book it reminded me of my time in the Corps and how the people around you was your reality no matter what was going on in the rest of the world. O'Brien basically has made a Vietnam version of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (if you haven't read that, you really should).
My only issue with the book is it is slanted negatively toward the war, what I mean is he obviously ...more
My only issue with the book is it is slanted negatively toward the war, what I mean is he obviously ...more
This might be the best book written in the last 30 years. Its explorations of truth are well worth the price of admission.
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