I actually finished this book up a couple of weeks ago, but it has taken me that long to process what all was included in it, as well as to be able to write about it. At first I was skeptical about this, I mean, i had watched and loved We Were Soldiers, and wasn't sure if I wanted to read another b...
The Book Report: Waino Mellas, newly minted Marine infantry lieutenant, arrives in the tender embrace of Bravo Company a scared, green, awkward, scared, stupid, scared kid and, after a huge amount of pain, loss, and hellish enraging waste of life and liberty, becomes a man.No, really.My Review: Marl...
Review from 'audiobookfans' at Library ThingThis book is already getting a storm of media attention, mostly very favorable, so whatever I have to say will probably be somewhat redundant and won't matter much. But a book like Matterhorn DOES matter, and a helluva lot too! While the Vietnam war may ha...
Intense, absorbing read about the men of Bravo Company and their mission in and around a hill the brass have dubbed Matterhorn during the monsoon season in Vietnam. Unlike other Vietnam books that I have read, this had a rather conventional straight ahead narrative style which made the story so muc...
Magnificent. No stunning poetic allegory like Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato. Nothing like the hallucinatory brilliance of Dispatches. Just a straightforward slog that drops you into the bush with Bravo Company and propels you along until you share their terror and exhaustion, their rage at the ...
The number of novels about American soldiers in the Vietnam War is a large and wide-ranging genre. From the ultra-patriotic retelling of battle victories to the cerebral searching for meaning in the midst of death, most readers can find any number of books to fit their preconceived notion of war. As...
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War is hands-down the best book I've read/experienced this year. Mr. Marlantes not only explores a realistic portrayal of life as a Marine during the Vietnam War, he expands into human nature, the idea of relationships, and how ambition and race can impact them.Thr...
Gritty, intense, and captivating from the first page. I empathized with nearly every character, from the grunts to the generals. Nine months after reading, I've added a fifth star because the story has stayed with me and changed my perspective.
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