James Karantonis
Auteur de Crazy 8's: Soldiers Still
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Crazy 8's: Soldiers Still par James Karantonis
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.Set during the Vietnam War, Zack tells the stories of soldiers sent to the psychiatric ward of an Army hospital. A med tech, Zach and his friend Robert collect the stories and antics of a large group of men. Overall, I thought this book was ok. It felt like the author was making fun of these men, or at a minimum using them as a punch line to a badly made joke. Overall, not a book I would re-read or recommend.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.This book is fantastic! I love how he goes through how the workers react to the patients and how the patients ended up at the ward. His notations of life in the ward and outside is extremely factual based off of others experiences I have heard as well as a psych counselor myself. The Vietnam War is the forgotten war but the experiences that those men went through and the people that took care of them need to be remembered in the minds of all U.S. citizens.
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.*special note* This is an ARC book given to me. I was awarded this book in January, but it never arrived until mid-March, so I must apologize for the lateness of this review.)
I can't say that I hated this book because I obviously didn't. I just didn't love the book. It's sobering to read these pages. Soldiers suffered so much on and off the battlefield. And then there were some who were broken long before they ever joined the military. I can't tell you how much I wish we had better resources for our soldiers, their families, and the staff employed to treat and care for them. Looking at these pages, it feels like a living death of sorts.
I have limited experience in mental health, but I never had to deal with anyone of this severity. I think I'd be terrified to witness some of the things described in the book.
This is a good book to read if you want to understand the mental battles that some soldiers endure long after their tours have ended.… (plus d'informations)
I can't say that I hated this book because I obviously didn't. I just didn't love the book. It's sobering to read these pages. Soldiers suffered so much on and off the battlefield. And then there were some who were broken long before they ever joined the military. I can't tell you how much I wish we had better resources for our soldiers, their families, and the staff employed to treat and care for them. Looking at these pages, it feels like a living death of sorts.
I have limited experience in mental health, but I never had to deal with anyone of this severity. I think I'd be terrified to witness some of the things described in the book.
This is a good book to read if you want to understand the mental battles that some soldiers endure long after their tours have ended.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 4
- Popularité
- #1,536,815
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 2
