The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried

by: Tim O'Brien 

Synopsis: The Things They Carried is about the experiences of O'Brien's platoon in the Vietnam War. It's told in O'Brien's point of view and describes what it was like to be in the Vietnam War. 

Review: I read this for my English class and I thought I was going to hate it. But it was very good and I enjoyed reading it. Even though the description makes it sound non-fiction, O'Brien actually made it all up. This was extremely frustrating because I thought it was real and cried and was moved by this real experience, to only find out towards the end that it was made-up. It also was rather deep, like a war story should be, but O'Brien wrote in a way that confused and frustrated me. You had to dig and think very hard to get the real meaning, which was actually very cool. If you want to read a book that doesn't make you think, this is not the book for you. It was a good book, with great characters, and a great story.