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A review by mcfade28
The Beardless Warriors by Richard Matheson
5.0
An absolutely phenomenal book written by the author of I Am Legend. Before he was novelist, Richard Matheson was an 18 year old soldier drafted to serve in world war 2. This novel seems to be drawn from his experiences.
The story follows an 18 year old conscript in Germany who is allocated to a squad made up mostly of teenagers, to the dismay of the sergeant in charge. Although I'm not usually one for war novels, this book very much sucked me in, and this felt like a heartwrenchingly real account of a bunch of young men, who don't know what they're doing, struggling with the war effort. It's not at all glamorous, and each of the characters is realistically flawed.
This is pretty similar to All Quiet on the Western Front, but I preferred this book. It sucked me in much more.
The story follows an 18 year old conscript in Germany who is allocated to a squad made up mostly of teenagers, to the dismay of the sergeant in charge. Although I'm not usually one for war novels, this book very much sucked me in, and this felt like a heartwrenchingly real account of a bunch of young men, who don't know what they're doing, struggling with the war effort. It's not at all glamorous, and each of the characters is realistically flawed.
This is pretty similar to All Quiet on the Western Front, but I preferred this book. It sucked me in much more.