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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
I plan to re-read this one. Just exceptional. The author, an Iraqi veteran, does a masterful job with this book about two men who meet just before they are deployed, and the road to which life assigns them. It's short, but incredibly powerful.
It took me a while to adjust to the style of writing in The Yellow Birds. I found having the horrors of war described in prose jarring. How can something so traumatic be described so beautifully?
The Yellow Birds is one of those books that will stay with me for a while.
The Yellow Birds is one of those books that will stay with me for a while.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hauting and sad, this is one of the first personal encounters from a US soldier in Iraq. It is not easy listening... The most interesting for me was the way he makes me understand the seemingly callous way many soldiers behave around civilians and to some degree, each other.
Warmly recommended to anybody who might think that war - any war - is a walk in the park.
Warmly recommended to anybody who might think that war - any war - is a walk in the park.
This is one that is going to stick with me. what a way with words this author has.
It's difficult to review such a novel. Told from the perspective of a 21year old soldier who is sent to Iraq along with an 18 year old boy who becomes his friend. The story goes back and forth from before, during and after the year in Iraq. The writing is beautiful, and haunting. It's a powerful war story. A serious, straight forward depiction of hell. Yet, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried with it's sick humor is more haunting, more memorable. The multiple points of view, and just the extra length of O'Brien's story makes it the better work. Yet this one is definitely worth reading.
This story is about young soldiers in Iraq and what happens when one of them flips out. I'm glad I listened to it, but it just didn't feel as believable to me and I had some issues with the underlying premise. I hate to explain, because I would have to reveal all. So if you have read it and want to talk, please dialogue with me. I will say that it is a good glimpse into what the soldiers over there faced (it takes place in 2004).
I listened to this in audiobook format. The narrator couldn't have been more perfect for this book. I loved chapter seven when his honest emotions came through in such a raw moment. I obviously do not have first hand knowledge of the going ons in war but I would have to believe that this couldn't be far from actual accounts. It reminded me in part of the Katherine Bigelow movie that won the Oscar year before last.