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purrfectly's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.5
A strongly emotional read, with examples selected that exemplified the horrors of war behind the myth perfectly. I perhaps was a little bit not ready to read this book -- I have little experience with books about war, and this is my first one with such strong accounts; my previous experiences have been based in the spectacle of war you see in combat footage online. Some literature references were a bit beyond my reach but it didn't impede the book, as references were supporting to points and emotions already firmly enmeshed by real examples.
Some parts of the book were repetitive, but not to the point where reading wasn't worth it. For all the author is a little prose-y and pretentious, the read itself would be quick if I hadn't needed to pause every chapter to get a grasp on my own feelings.
Overall an effective and horrifying look at war, both in its societal impacts through mythos and its individual terrors.
Some parts of the book were repetitive, but not to the point where reading wasn't worth it. For all the author is a little prose-y and pretentious, the read itself would be quick if I hadn't needed to pause every chapter to get a grasp on my own feelings.
Overall an effective and horrifying look at war, both in its societal impacts through mythos and its individual terrors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, War, Suicide, Genocide, Child death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use
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