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A review by calistareads
Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy, Danica Novgorodoff, James Ponsoldt
1.0
I am the wrong audience for this story. Not only that, but this story did not make a whole lot of sense to me as to what is going on.
The story starts out with the boys beating the crap out of each other to toughen themselves up while their dads are fighting in Iraq. There little town is gutted by all the men leaving. They are looking for futures in college, something different from their dads, but for some reason after being accepted to college, they join the army anyway.
The story is brutal and it shows people in desperate situations. I don't know the point of this little story and I don't know that the violence shows or leads anywhere accept to say some people lead violent lives. I really don't understand this. I would think anyone interested in war and army themes might make something of this and it could speak to them.
The story starts out with the boys beating the crap out of each other to toughen themselves up while their dads are fighting in Iraq. There little town is gutted by all the men leaving. They are looking for futures in college, something different from their dads, but for some reason after being accepted to college, they join the army anyway.
The story is brutal and it shows people in desperate situations. I don't know the point of this little story and I don't know that the violence shows or leads anywhere accept to say some people lead violent lives. I really don't understand this. I would think anyone interested in war and army themes might make something of this and it could speak to them.