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A review by k_wall
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
3.0
Private Matt Duffy is 18 years old and in Iraq fighting for his country. We find him in an army hospital with a head injury, and he has received the Purple Heart for his actions the day he was injured. Matt just doesn't feel like he is a hero and he has trouble remembering what happened, but he feels terrible about an Iraqi kid who was in the middle of it. He finally gets to go back into the action with his squad and he is haunted by what he does remember.
I really liked how this book started out the story, and I felt like it was a good way to show life in a war zone. The story really developed the characters in the hospital, and it showed how Matt was really trying to get passed his brain injury and get back to active duty. As the story progressed, I wish we could have known more about Matt's background and his family back home. I also felt like some of the other people at the hospital were to developed because they really didn't add a ton to the story line. I also felt like Meaghan Finnerty was going to play a bigger role in Matt's life, but again once her help wasn't needed she was just yanked from the story and never heard from again.
When Matt gets to go back to his squad, I felt like the story was going along great and we see that he is nervous to be back in the combat zone. Then all of a sudden there is one battle scene and the book is over. We do finally learn what happened on that awful day that Matt was injured, but this book left me wanting more.
I really liked how this book started out the story, and I felt like it was a good way to show life in a war zone. The story really developed the characters in the hospital, and it showed how Matt was really trying to get passed his brain injury and get back to active duty. As the story progressed, I wish we could have known more about Matt's background and his family back home. I also felt like some of the other people at the hospital were to developed because they really didn't add a ton to the story line. I also felt like Meaghan Finnerty was going to play a bigger role in Matt's life, but again once her help wasn't needed she was just yanked from the story and never heard from again.
When Matt gets to go back to his squad, I felt like the story was going along great and we see that he is nervous to be back in the combat zone. Then all of a sudden there is one battle scene and the book is over. We do finally learn what happened on that awful day that Matt was injured, but this book left me wanting more.