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timturnip 's review for:
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
I wish I weren't so torn about a book that's so clearly become a classic...
On the one hand, I truly (truly) appreciate an insightful account of what it FELT like to be a soldier in 'Nam. My dad was in Vietnam, and this book makes me wish I'd read it before he died last year. There's so much value here.
But I was also wishing for more about the war itself. I wanted more about what it was like to BE there - not just what it was like be someone who was there. This is an introspective, personal book that's worth reading.
It's not really a war story.
I suppose that my rating is a little bit unfair - after all, why do my expectations matter? The book should be evaluated on its merit, not on what I think it should have been about.
Alas. Preference.
Read it, regardless.
On the one hand, I truly (truly) appreciate an insightful account of what it FELT like to be a soldier in 'Nam. My dad was in Vietnam, and this book makes me wish I'd read it before he died last year. There's so much value here.
But I was also wishing for more about the war itself. I wanted more about what it was like to BE there - not just what it was like be someone who was there. This is an introspective, personal book that's worth reading.
It's not really a war story.
I suppose that my rating is a little bit unfair - after all, why do my expectations matter? The book should be evaluated on its merit, not on what I think it should have been about.
Alas. Preference.
Read it, regardless.