A review by holly_117
Redeployment by Phil Klay

5.0

There's no real way to write a review for this book, other than to say that you should read it yourself. Really, everyone should, though I don't know how it will affect people whose contact with the military (and Marines specifically) is limited to saying "thank you for your service" on Veteran's day - it might not have the same impact, or a totally different feel when you can't identify with the characters as placeholders for real people you've known. Just like I'm sure it would have an entirely different feel and impact on my husband than it did on me, since I only experienced his deployments second-hand from home.

Even though I didn't live the events like he did, the stories took me right back to the conversations we had while he was deployed, especially because a lot of the stories take place in Fallujah around the time he was there. It's definitely well written and authentic and I couldn't put it down.