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I am slightly appalled by the reviews the majority of people on Good Reads have given this book. Anyone who was expecting some gorgeously written tale full of philosophical ideas and morals, unfortunately you were trying to get the wrong things out a novel that is exactly what it says it is: an eyewitness account of a tragedy that Marcus Luttrell had to suffer through. It bothers me that people have to be so snobbish to dismiss this book merely because the writing isn't phenomenal, but the thing is, it isn't bad writing either. It's an honest, straightforward representation of what it means to be a Navy SEAL and what happened to Marcus on those mountains in Afghanistan. I was wrapped up in the story he told, all 430 pages of it. His writing style had no affect on me; his story was the only thing that mattered, and it's an amazing story.