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Reader reviewed by Dede

This book is an extremely realistic look at war and life itself. Tim O'Brien writes with such a perfect sense of the flow of a story that you can easily get sucked in and feel what he wants you to feel. These stories are about what it takes to survive war, how it feels to be in it, and what it does to you as a person. It has a mixture of sadness but hope too. I love the title and how it signifies not only what those soldiers carried in their packs as they were marching, but also what they carried in their heads and their hearts. A really good read for anyone interested in a deeper history of war.