Ghosts of War
Ryan Smithson
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Rating 9
This book was about a nineteen year-old GI named Ryan Smithson who was sent to Iraq as an engineer. The reason he wanted to go to Iraq was when he was sixteen he watched the Twin Towers go down on CNN. He talked about how it is his generation to do something, and if he does not do something then who will?
In Abu Ghraib, his mission was to go and diffuse IEDs (imported explosive devices), which are road-side bombs. In the process, Ryan’s friend and everyone in his friend’s Humvee ran over a road-side bomb and all of them were killed. Ryan was wicked upset about losing his friend. Ryan said how the person on your right and the person on your left is your lifeline, and if you protect them then they will protect you.
Ryan said, “America’s view about the war is completely wrong.” We think the war is all about killing but what we don’t see is how the Soldiers help the civilians. For example, Ryan saw a young boy drinking very dirty water, so Ryan gave him a water bottle full of nice, clean water and a pack of a MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat).
This was a really good book. I especially like how he explains the relationship between the soldiers. He also put in pictures of him in the tour in Iraq and they had a picture of their pet bird named Jerk Face. It was also very helpful that he put in a glossary of all of the acronyms for guns, uniforms, how many casualties there are, and vehicles. I recommend this book to anyone that likes war books.
Justin my man, I must compliment you on your fantastic post. You gave a good description of the story without giving to much away to ruin it for your fellow bloggers. I think it was a good idea to mention that the book had a few pictures because the majority of life outside of war would have a better understanding of the conditions by examining what it really was like. I now applaud you. *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP* I think that you are a great writer and I will be sure to consult you on your favorite books to get one for myself.
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-Timmy Jay.
Even though this is not something i would be interested in. It seems like from your rating and your post you enjoyed it. Also, it seems like this book goes a lot into detail, like describing the characters relationship. Nice post. Good job!
ReplyDeleteNice post, I usually do not read books based on war for one reason only; it is so depressing!However I liked your take on the book.Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the post, this book sounds really good. Ill add it to my reading list. Is this book based on a true story?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cool book. i dont really read war books but it does sound interesting. Nice job with the post. [:)
ReplyDeletesounds like a really cool book. i love to read war books i think this one is next. nice post
ReplyDeleteHey Justin good job with the post i love war books sounds good deff gonna be the next book i read
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