Our Year of War by Daniel P. Bolger is a novel based around two brother’s experience fighting in Vietnam. The brothers, Tom and Chuck Hagel, have contrasting political views on the war in Vietnam. Chuck comes home in support of the war while Tom hated it. Coming from the same infantry unit, the brother’s shared a lot of the same experiences. During their year in Vietnam, the brother’s have many accounts of having to save each other as well as themselves during the Tet Offensive in 1968. The novel describes their experiences in Vietnam as well as how Tom and Chuck form completely different opinions despite having the same experiences. I chose this book expecting it to be just the raw experience of war in Vietnam. The book ended up being much more than I thought as it dove into the emotions and contrasting political views of the two brothers. I found the descriptions of what the geography in Vietnam was like interesting as I never knew how dense the forestry was and how difficult it was to even walk through some of the more remote areas. Being written by Bolger, a war veteran as well (however not from Vietnam), the novel displayed many small details that I believe that others would be able to capture in their writing. Overall, I enjoyed reading Our Year of War despite it not being quite what I expected. I would rate this book a 4 out of 5 as the book was a little bit long and i found it difficult to understand some of the in depth terminology. I overall found it a relatively interesting book. -JL, grade 12
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