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Fantastic story. OK book. 3.5 stars.
First off, let me say Marcus Luttrell's story of survival and courage is off the chain. When the story finally starts (about pg 180) it is impossible to put down. It's almost hard to believe it's true. So that makes it a great read. Hard not to want to spoil it.
But the book's not written that well and I got kind of tired of narrator. If you've read these types of books before then you're probably super familiar with BUD/S training so that makes the first 180 pages kind of boring. And the last 20-30 pages about how great Texans are and how great and super awesome Dubya is. I'd get tired of reading that if iwas about people from any state or any president. Imagine some dude prattling on about how great of a man Milard Filmore, Jimmy Carter or Obama is. I don't care one way or another about the guy's views on the "liberal media's agenda to get our brave troops killed with their crappy Geneva Convention BS." It just doesn't make for an interesting read at those points.
The actual meat of the story makes up for the parts that dragged or just plain made my eyes roll. I find myself telling people about it and recommending it for a quick compelling read.
First off, let me say Marcus Luttrell's story of survival and courage is off the chain. When the story finally starts (about pg 180) it is impossible to put down. It's almost hard to believe it's true. So that makes it a great read. Hard not to want to spoil it.
But the book's not written that well and I got kind of tired of narrator. If you've read these types of books before then you're probably super familiar with BUD/S training so that makes the first 180 pages kind of boring. And the last 20-30 pages about how great Texans are and how great and super awesome Dubya is. I'd get tired of reading that if iwas about people from any state or any president. Imagine some dude prattling on about how great of a man Milard Filmore, Jimmy Carter or Obama is. I don't care one way or another about the guy's views on the "liberal media's agenda to get our brave troops killed with their crappy Geneva Convention BS." It just doesn't make for an interesting read at those points.
The actual meat of the story makes up for the parts that dragged or just plain made my eyes roll. I find myself telling people about it and recommending it for a quick compelling read.