Lone Survivor

I ordered two books at the same time, this one arrived on a Thursday. I started reading it Thurdays evening and got about half a chapter into it before i put it down, much the same happened on Friday. On Saturday My Men Are Heroes: The Brad Kasal Story arrived, I finished reading it on Sunday.
Picked up Lone survivor again and mananaged to reach page 52. So far i know how wonderful the writer is, how wonderful his father is, how wonderful his brother is, how amazing his mother is with horses, how great Texas is, how good it is to be an American and also you need to be able to swim to be a SEAL.
Having read the other reviews on here I can only look forward to the time when it gets interesting, there are other books availible that are a fine riveting read, that tell it how it is complete with background info on the subject of the book, but none that I have read are anywhere near as sleep inducing as this one.
once i finish reading i'll let yer know if it gets any better

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (6/6 people found this helpful)

Having read quite a few of these types of books l was initially dissapointed if only because the writer is always coming out with 'god bless america' and 'liberty and freedom' and 'because i love my country' type comments -and i mean to the point where i nearly had to put the book down... but when the story opens up a bit he lays off that for a while and the book is actually quite a good read -initially he explains what it took for him to first become a seal and then he pretty much goes straight in to the action. Funnily enough the book finishes as it started with comments like ' because i am a united states navy seal' i mean c'mon i think we got that by the end of the book and hilariously it ends with the statement ' god help the enemy and god bless texas!!!! I would say however that he seems to be a nice guy who went through a bad time in those mountains so if you can put up with the 'over american - god bless us type comments - you may actually enjoy the book!

exciting but heartbreaking (4/8 people found this helpful)

I did enjoy this book. The chapters devoted to how tough it was to qualify as a SEAL and also about Luttrells childhood were very interesting.
When we get to Afghanistan however there is a little too much fawning over the stars and stripes and gung ho simplicity.
The deep feeling of respect for his fallen comrades does come through though and he seems genuinely humbled by his experiences.
An interesting story and if done correctly an excellent movie could be made of this story.

The book is a good read, some segments, are a little repeditive (8/10 people found this helpful)

but when finnished you realize they are that way for a reason, and they illustrate that there is no cutting corners to be an elite warrior, like a SEAL. The book reminds me in some way of Black Hawk down, and it takes me back to Mogadishu, where I had the fortune of working together with som of the Navy SEALS that was stationed there. I can already see this book made into a movie, the story about these brave men needs to be spread and this book does them honor for their ultimate sacrifice. God bless you Luttrell and God bless your fallen comrades, and all who serves our beloved country. Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.

Dodgy politics and over the top machismo (1/12 people found this helpful)

If you're an American who thinks the U.S. armed forces are God's gift to earth you might love this book. Anyone else may as well forget it. I was hoping to read a book similar in tone perhaps to 'Band of Brothers' or some such where the emphasis was laid almost entirely on the bonds created by soldiers rather than attempting a discourse on the political reasons for going to war. Sadly the authors of this book chose to attempt to write a pro-American foreign policy diatribe that left me bored to tears. Advocating God, the U.S. and president George Bush Jr. on almost every page the authors attempt to provide not only a story but a justification for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I hope that most soldiers are more intelligent than this one who seems to believe that on the one hand the justification for going to war was provided for the now-apparent absence of WMDs and an imaginary link between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein and then two sentences later says that actually the politics of the war don't matter because he has to do what he's told anyway. So what's the point? Also irritating is the author's constant referral to 9/11 as a justification for invading Iraq and Afghanistan, and his apparent refusal to acknowledge or ignorance of the fact that citizens of 37 countries lost their lives in that tragic event, not only the U.S. of A. So, like I said, if you like American soldiers and don't mind reading a few hundred pages of an author telling us how great they are go ahead and read the book. If you want to read something other than a U.S. military propaganda diatribe read something else.

Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

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lone survivor (0/1 people found this helpful)

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell (6/6 people found this helpful)

exciting but heartbreaking (4/8 people found this helpful)

The book is a good read, some segments, are a little repeditive (8/10 people found this helpful)

Dodgy politics and over the top machismo (1/12 people found this helpful)

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