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staceyleedee 's review for:
The Yellow Birds
by Kevin Powers
It's difficult to review such a novel. Told from the perspective of a 21year old soldier who is sent to Iraq along with an 18 year old boy who becomes his friend. The story goes back and forth from before, during and after the year in Iraq. The writing is beautiful, and haunting. It's a powerful war story. A serious, straight forward depiction of hell. Yet, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried with it's sick humor is more haunting, more memorable. The multiple points of view, and just the extra length of O'Brien's story makes it the better work. Yet this one is definitely worth reading.