My Brother Sam is Dead

It’s was a really good book, and I recommend it definitely. There’s a lot of really good information and it teaches a lot. There’s a sense of irony in it because of what happens throughout the book. I’m only giving the book four stars because even though the writing was good and detailed, it lacked emotion. The emotional impact wasn’t there for me personally.

I had to read this book for school summer reading, and I was not to excited about it. I’m not into history and nonfiction and those types of genres, so when I saw the cover of the book, I was not to pumped. (Don’t judge a book by its cover ;)) I started reading it and it was actually pretty interesting. I feel like all the action and everything made you forget the whole book was based on War. Don’t listen to all the people who say this book is sooooo sad….it is sad, many people die, but that’s just life. Personally, I like sad stories. If books were all happy, it would be pretty unrealistic. Plus, if you’ve decided to read a book about war, you can expect death. One thing I was pretty annoyed by, though, is the title. “My Brother Sam is Dead” states the obvious….his brother Sam is going to die. The whole book is about how Sam fights etc, and they don’t talk about his death until like the last page, which creates so much tension. I also think that could be a good thing because it makes you excited for the end and you WANT to read. Overall, I think this book was very well written and definetely reccomend it! On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best, I give it a 9.5!

This book was pretty good witha sad ending.