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cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
Funny, touching and gives a much better sense of what being in the middle of a war actually feels like than all the serious history I've ever read.
nottheprofileyourelookingfor's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
sleepyboi2988's review against another edition
5.0
Spike continues his excellent satirical and critical look at his time in the 19th Royal Artillery during WWII as it slogs its way up and down Italy. One gets the impression especially from this installment that this writing was catharsis for him given the trouble with PTSD after he endured a heavy mortar attack and subsequent wounding.
wyrmbergmalcolm's review
3.0
'You don't have to be mad to fight here, but everyone else is so you'd fit right in' would be an
approprate summation of these books. Words like: honour, glory, heroism, patriotism are for posters. After reading these books you'd know they should contain such words as: mud, hunger, mud, smoking, mud, boredom, mud, terror, mud, smoking.
Certainly, it seems like the exploits of Milligan and others like him kept people going through the hells they found themselves in. Filled with his unique brand of humour and daftly captioned pictures, these books give great insight into the thoughts, feeling and camaraderie of the average soldier. What makes this book different to the three before it is the life-changing event that befell Milligan when he narrowly missed getting blown up by a mortar. Tonally the book changed from a humorous account of the bloody uselessness of it all to the drastic need of a damaged man to write down memories that haunt him.
approprate summation of these books. Words like: honour, glory, heroism, patriotism are for posters. After reading these books you'd know they should contain such words as: mud, hunger, mud, smoking, mud, boredom, mud, terror, mud, smoking.
Certainly, it seems like the exploits of Milligan and others like him kept people going through the hells they found themselves in. Filled with his unique brand of humour and daftly captioned pictures, these books give great insight into the thoughts, feeling and camaraderie of the average soldier. What makes this book different to the three before it is the life-changing event that befell Milligan when he narrowly missed getting blown up by a mortar. Tonally the book changed from a humorous account of the bloody uselessness of it all to the drastic need of a damaged man to write down memories that haunt him.
acer's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
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