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akirathelemur 's review for:
American War
by Omar El Akkad
The remarkable thing about this book is that, as prescient as it may seem, a mere three years after it came out, it really isn't about an American war at all. As it says in the prologue, this isn't about war, it's about ruin. Specifically, the ruin of Sarat, a character who we default to seeing as having chosen the wrong side, whose horrifying experiences, at the hands of the "right" side, leads her inevitably to the decision she makes at the end of the book. It is impossible not to sympathize with her and to wonder, were you placed in the same position, if you would not make the same decision as her.