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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I will admit that as I read this book, the visuals of the characters from the television show were always present in my head. Having said that, this novel touched me in a way that the television show didn't. This is an examination of war off of the battlefield that highlights the damage that armed conflicts on everyone involved.
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An enjoyable, quick read. Direct and to the point, with no waisted words. Darkly funny, with lovable but deeply flawed characters at its heart. I never watched the movie or the show, but I instantly knew why they were so beloved by fans.
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism
Minor: Suicide attempt
The racial slurs are mostly contained in the football game chapter.
Not impressed. I can't believe that this book spawned both an Academy Award movie AND an Emmy Award television show.
Each character is given a complete history. That sounded like every main character has a rich background. No. EVERY CHARACTER has a COMPLETE HISTORY. Why do I need to know the reason somebody has a nickname while his actual name is something Vi, who appears on 3 pages?
I get why everybody has a nickname, but the inconsistency of the narrator's used of those names is pretty annoying. Let the characters talk that way. I
The book itself is PAINFUL. IT's obviously written about the author's time in the army.
Each character is given a complete history. That sounded like every main character has a rich background. No. EVERY CHARACTER has a COMPLETE HISTORY. Why do I need to know the reason somebody has a nickname while his actual name is something Vi, who appears on 3 pages?
I get why everybody has a nickname, but the inconsistency of the narrator's used of those names is pretty annoying. Let the characters talk that way. I
The book itself is PAINFUL. IT's obviously written about the author's time in the army.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
medium-paced
Yeah, this wasn't my cup of tea. It wasn't very well written, in this fool's opinion, and there was little or no progression to the "story". It was to me simply a collection of sophomoric expressions of indignance by irreverent conscripts devoid of any personal development, sprinkled with a liitle bit of medicine, history, and personal recollection. Not that there needs to be a progressing story to a stylized memoir, but this is sold as a fictional novel, so you would think it might come to some kind of head, but it doesn't. It just rolls along with nothing.
Maybe I need to read it again, sometime when I'm tired as hell and hiding from something with a dry martini.
Maybe I need to read it again, sometime when I'm tired as hell and hiding from something with a dry martini.