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Apr 01, 2015
Casey
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Wow. This is one of the more powerful collections I've read recently, and I think I need to take some time to figure out how to sum it up.
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Autobiographical tale of life as a grunt in Vietnam. Vividly brought back memories of the war, the culture at home, and the conflicts of the time.
I'm giving this five stars because I found it to be such a profound reading experience. Made up of short stories, vignettes, and autobiographical side notes, but given the scope and continuity of a novel, The Things They Carried is certainly The Book on Vietnam. The characters are real, the scenes of combat and death are vivid and frightening, but it is O'Brien's blending of fiction and confession that really sticks with you.
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I didn’t love the subject but this is so well written. You can feel how the characters are thinking & really feel the energy of the area. Great book. I need to read more about Vietnam because we hear about all the horrors of it & I want to understand what happened.
I think I only read selections from this book. But I might have read the whole thing. Who knows, it was college. :p
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