Tuesday Book review: I Hate My Brother

This book . . . oh boy this book is . . . Where do I even begin . . .

This is the story of the horrors of a war fought in one’s own country and the horrors of men at war in general. A beautiful book that reminds me of the classics (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, exc . . .) but whose heavy subject matter is NOT for everyone. It contains depictions of rape, murder, and torture, but the scenes are not there to tantalize or for cheap thrills. It’s an important story. It’s the story of a man becoming a monster and we come to understand, if not how someone could do such terrible things, at least why. The tittle really does say it all. When war changes men into monsters, even those who were once as brothers do not recognize each other.

The only negatives that I have for this story are that the formatting is a little awkward but this is a translation and I believe that has something to do with it. Honestly by the end of the first chapter or so I was no longer noticing the odd formatting because I had become invested enough in the story not to notice anymore.