Book Review: The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien

[inverarity]

The definitive American novel about Vietnam.

Comments

[uneko]

Thank you :) I was actually just thinking about reading this book. I think I will :)

[shinygobonkers]

this was one of my favorite books we read in class in high school, one of the ones i can still remember quite clearly. i've been meaning to re-read it sometime. interesting to see your thoughts sir :0

[ext_2137784]

Have you read Matterhorn by karl marlantes? Another excellent semi-autobiographical Vietnam war novel though told more from an officers perspective and concluding with a huge badass battle sequence.

[inverarity]

No. I've been thinking of reading either that or We Were Soldiers Once.

[ext_2137784]

I got about halfway through We were soldiers, that's basically straight-up military history though, not a novel.