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A review by mlindner
The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan by Bryan Doerries
2.0
The easy reader version (or worse) of Homer's The Odyssey. I hope this helps some of our troops but I'm not seeing how as it is extremely cursory and I fail to see how many combat vets will really connect and empathize with the characters and thus themselves.
By the by, this is based on a DARPA funded project. "This material is based upon work supported by the DARPA Program Office under Contract No. W31P4Q-13-C-0110. Approved for public release, distribution unlimited." I suspect more than "based on" with a release statement. Not saying this makes it good or bad, better or worse, just disclosing.
I read it about 30 minutes. Even if the vets who need it get it and read it and connect with these characters and situations I do not see near enough depth to make any difference, except possibly that 1 in a 1000--1 in 5000?--who might actually go on to read some full-length version of The Odyssey and be perhaps truly helped.
Sorry. I want to like this. I'd like to say I'll buy 10 copies and ensure they get into the hands of recently returned combat vets but I don't see it.
By the by, this is based on a DARPA funded project. "This material is based upon work supported by the DARPA Program Office under Contract No. W31P4Q-13-C-0110. Approved for public release, distribution unlimited." I suspect more than "based on" with a release statement. Not saying this makes it good or bad, better or worse, just disclosing.
I read it about 30 minutes. Even if the vets who need it get it and read it and connect with these characters and situations I do not see near enough depth to make any difference, except possibly that 1 in a 1000--1 in 5000?--who might actually go on to read some full-length version of The Odyssey and be perhaps truly helped.
Sorry. I want to like this. I'd like to say I'll buy 10 copies and ensure they get into the hands of recently returned combat vets but I don't see it.