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sisterstrangeways 's review for:
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
This is a tremendous piece of literature. Heavy, so heavy, and so expertly crafted. O'Brien's game is on point every way - from the stories themselves to the way he arranges them, from his larger messages about war and humanity to the perfect placement of individual words. We read this book in high school, but I wasn't really paying attention and it didn't hit me like it should have (sorry, Mr. Martin).
War touches me now in a place that didn't exist when I was a teenager, anyway. It worms into my soul and scrapes at the sides. It started with Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut and his Children's Crusade. Even now, all I can think about is how young they are.
War touches me now in a place that didn't exist when I was a teenager, anyway. It worms into my soul and scrapes at the sides. It started with Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut and his Children's Crusade. Even now, all I can think about is how young they are.