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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I was very interested in reading this book. It dealt with a time that I remember so well. I was in college when the Vietnam draft lottery was held and the days prior to the drawing are really clear in my mind. I thought the author did a decent job of building suspense and describing the feel of that time. The war caused so many problems in the U.S. and I think Mr. Lax conveyed that. The characters, however, were lacking. I never developed any relationship with the main character, Casey, and the men with whom he lived were no more than caricatures. The two main females, Helen and Jennifer, were also not well defined. I believe the book had a great deal of potential but never quite lived up to it. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I was interested in this book because of a family history connection: my father came to Canada as a draft dodger, so I thought this novel about a group of boys waiting through the uncomfortable lead-up to the Vietnam draft drawing might shed some light on what things were like at the time. The story didn't draw me in immediately: it was hard to feel an automatic connection to a group of college-age guys hanging out, drinking and smoking, and generally interacting in the way of teenaged boys. I was especially troubled by the protagonist's girlfriend; there was no reason for their relationship beyond the physical, and yet he stayed with her because she was hot even after she said that she wouldn't wait for him if he got drafted and went to Vietnam. Ugh. But gradually the story won me over. I came to like the protagonist after all, and the moment in time slowly came to life. There were the awkward encounters with returned soldiers who were no longer quite themselves, and the uncertainty of what to do if one's own name was drawn: was it more cowardly to run away, or to go overseas to fight in a war that you didn't believe in at all? Everything built up sort of quietly, sort of subtly, but I came away feeling like I had read something powerful. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I had high hopes for this book about the impact of the possibility of being drafted into the army during the time of the war in Vietnam. I was, however, left disappointed. It isn't a particularly bad novel. I just didn't connect with any of the characters. There's a distinct lack of any real story and I found I had no real desire to turn the pages. All in all, a bland and disappointing book. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. I did not enjoy this book, though it improved towards the ending. Disjointed, not engaging. I did not feel much empathy for the characters - which is suprisingly given the situation they are in. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Both a love story and a war chronicle, this powerful book shows the effects of the Vietnam War on a group of friends living in a small town in Ohio. As the 1970 draft lottery nears, the young men must examine their views of war and consider the fate that awaits them while the women must face the possibility of losing their husbands, boyfriends, and friends. Each member of the group slowly loses his naivetE as each embarks on a personal search that brings very real and very adult conflict and pain. The juxtaposition of the enormity of this war and the microcosm of a simple, small town in Ohio exposes the ambivalence of the characters values who are at war with themselves. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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