This is brutal, really, heartbreaking, funny, violent and hopeful. The violence isn't from big battle scenes but is instead very personal and unavoidable. This is also true for the sex, the intimacy. It is all heightened but not in some overwrought, untrue fashion but very in tune with the settings,...
4.5 starsNot my usual genre... I wouldn't have read this at all, but for a friend's recommendation. It was brutal, violent, rough, and more. It's the unusual story of Dan and Vadim - two enemy soldiers who are both part of their forces' special forces. They meet when Vadim and a buddy take Dan priso...