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readerette's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
4.5
The niche topics chosen for this book sometimes didn't pull me in all the way, but the last chapter about what happens to the bodies of fallen soldiers (which is not grisly but bittersweet), had me in tears within two paragraphs. Overall, this book was informative, funny, relatable and light enough that I could keep reading on heavy topics, without sugarcoating.
If you have family or friends in the military, this might be hard to read, but as someone who has family members who've served, it definitely increased my empathy for their experience (and for that of all those military folks I don't know).
If you have family or friends in the military, this might be hard to read, but as someone who has family members who've served, it definitely increased my empathy for their experience (and for that of all those military folks I don't know).
Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, Medical content, and Death
Minor: Suicide, Violence, and War
maddox22's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
emimiwriter's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, and War
Listen, this is a look into the science behind war - not the weapons, but the medicine, the protective equipment, and what happens to people when they're shot, blown up or otherwise injured. It is all told in a straightforward manner, with proper medical names for all body parts.
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