I was recommended this book and was excited to read it and then as I started I thought I'd made a mistake bc this author and I could not be farther apart. the first 2/3 of this book is not for me and o felt so conflicted about it bc I thought I knew where it was going but it didn't seem to be getting there. the anti war stuff was so exciting and the first time I felt like there was something in this book for me. the last ~30 pages are a bit washed out. and maybe I've just read too much lit but I would've loved more parallels between the different versions of the author and how he kind of became the person he needed. some of the stuff in the beginning felt very glorifying of serving and it was very uncomfortable for me to read and that perspective didn't seem to change. after going thru what he went thru I would've loved to hear if he thinks 18 year old children should still be excited about joining.