About 100 pages into this fabulous book you, and the men of Bravo Company, have already been through so much that it is hard to believe they, and you, can go through any more. But they do, over and over again, and you go right along with them, as terrified as they are but finding every step through the jungle or up a hill both mesmerizing and frightening. The dialogue sparkles; it feels authentic and not just because it has a fair amount of Marine jargon. The 10 or 12 characters that are etched in substantial detail speak lines that seem right for them. Liking this book is not about having been pro-war or anti, about liking or loathing the Marines; there is grist for all sides. There is action to be sure but there are people you come to care about and whose hardships and deaths you take personally.Get more detail about Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War.
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