by Joe Hill
A veteran from the Iraqi war comes back to the states to live in the house of her recently deceased father and begins bartending at a local bar. One night she finds a patron passed out in the parking lot and promptly steals the money out of his wallet and the wedding ring off of his finger. Soon aft...
A mediocre story with the uninspired realization riding on the wave of revelations of atrocities committed in Iraq and Abu Ghraib
Here we are again Mr. Hill, with a book that starts good but with an ending that makes me just as frustrated as the last short story I read written by you. This is so tormenting that I don't know if I should continue with your short stories but I probably will...
A nasty little piece of work. Mr Hill's mastery of the short story proves effective in comics format. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/12/speaking-of-disturbing-graphic-novels.html
"You’d be surprised what you can do to people".I haven’t read or watched a lot of fiction that has to do with war. I've only really seen a handful of movies and the majority of them paint soldiers in a glowing light. I’m not about to sit here and criticize those who put themselves directly in harm’s...
*I received a book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* I read the Kindle Edition of this book about a year ago and really enjoyed it. I also really enjoyed this graphic novel version. This is one of those moments when I'm very annoyed that Goodreads won't let me review differ...
Good short story. Probably a little better than a 3 star but not quite a 4. Fast read, well written, well formulated main character. The preview of NOS4A2 at the end was actually better than the short. Can't wait for that one to come out.
"You'd be surprised what you can do to people".I haven't read or watched a lot of fiction that has to do with war. I've only really seen a handful of movies and the majority of them paint soldiers in a glowing light. I'm not about to sit here and criticize those who put themselves directly in harm...
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