"Our life alternates between billets and the front. We have almost grown accustomed to it; war is a cause of death like cancer and tuberculosis, like influenza and dysentery. The deaths are merely more frequent, more varied and terrible."
All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Remarque
While reading this book, I felt like I was reading the journal of a soldier. Its pages gave an up-close look at World War I, revealing the horrors and emotions behind the battlefield.
The book flowed nicely, and every event seemed to have some sort of purpose. The book was detailed, but not too gory. Enjoyable, and realistic. I thoroughly felt that the author accurately captured the reality of any war. It was almost difficult to read at times. To read of how the soldiers were trained to think and behave, to the way they interacted with family gave us an all-around perspective of war. It made history come alive and presented World War I in a touching, personal way.
I loved the way the book was written. It was truly like reading a diary of a soldier. Told from the first-person type of view it was a good read and easy to follow. The ending was satisfying, and yet there was no true "happy ending", in a sense. It made sense with the rest of theme of this book and concluded the book nicely.
Although this book was good, I would only recommend it to an older audience. Certainly sensitive people should take extra caution, as the facts of war in general was presented in a shockingly personal way. Yet anyone who feels they are old enough should read this book to understand and appreciate what many soldiers, even today, go through.
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