Scan barcode
phlegyas's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
3.0
3/5
A very short story about the Vietnam war. I'm sure it must have been more effective in past decades and, even more so, to Americans. As it is now, I can only judge it on writing style and the emotions it stirs.
It didn't work for me. Not very well. I was hooked at first, at how the story teller describes the detachment from reality and going through the experience of being shot at as something that wasn't real. I also felt a few of the other details, like the doctor who was thinking he smiled when he said "thank you" but his face didn't change at all.
However, I feel like we've had better deliveries of the horrors of war.
3/5
A very short story about the Vietnam war. I'm sure it must have been more effective in past decades and, even more so, to Americans. As it is now, I can only judge it on writing style and the emotions it stirs.
It didn't work for me. Not very well. I was hooked at first, at how the story teller describes the detachment from reality and going through the experience of being shot at as something that wasn't real. I also felt a few of the other details, like the doctor who was thinking he smiled when he said "thank you" but his face didn't change at all.
However, I feel like we've had better deliveries of the horrors of war.
3/5
More...