foxrain reviewed Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
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1 star
My problem with war books is that they're about war. The back cover of this book promised that the book is about more than just war. Maybe it is; it has some interesting parts about how a young guy feels about getting drafted into a war he feels is immoral. But mostly this book is about war, and not in an interesting or eye-opening way. It's full of racism, and what finally got me was senseless animal abuse as revenge for a lost comrade. This book wasn't for me, and I didn't finish it.
My problem with war books is that they're about war. The back cover of this book promised that the book is about more than just war. Maybe it is; it has some interesting parts about how a young guy feels about getting drafted into a war he feels is immoral. But mostly this book is about war, and not in an interesting or eye-opening way. It's full of racism, and what finally got me was senseless animal abuse as revenge for a lost comrade. This book wasn't for me, and I didn't finish it.
