A great start and a great end

Wow! This book exceeded expectations. From front to back I was hooked. The book had a different tone from anything else I've read. The perspective and background of the author was crucial to the book. The author, Marcus Luttrell, is a Navy SEAL and a person who has a strong passion for the United States of America. He always talks about "the hate in their eyes," referring to the Taliban and Al Qaida. Marcus hates the Taliban just as much and this causes the book to be bias, but in my opinion better. It brings out passion in him and the reader. To end the book Marcus writes, "Because I came through it, and I wouldn't have traded any of it, not for the whole world. I'm a United States Navy SEAL" (Luttrell 96%). He is passionate about being a Navy SEAL and an American and that causes the mood in the book to go from up to down instantly.

Luttrell also talks about being a Texan and how much that meant to him. He goes to see President Bush and talks about how they are "both Texans" (Luttrell 96%). I think that this quote is important because it helps solidify an underlying theme in the book. This theme is love your home and your family. Also, let them help you through hard times and follow your beliefs. Luttrell always talks about his family and what they did to help him get through the hard times. Its an unmeant theme but it is very present.

The thing that really got me in the book is when he talks about how much is friends mean and meant to him. How he always hears there screams and how he thinks about them every day. He really loved his friends and since he survived this, he will and has tons of survivor's guilt and PTSD. He is going to have a rough life ahead of him, but his family and his loved ones will help get him through it. Losing those friends must have been so hard, but he has to get through it. As he said, " I wouldn't have traded any of it, not for the whole world" (Luttrell 96%). He believes surviving it was a great thing even though he lost his friends and many others.

All in all it was a great book that I would recommend 100%.

Luttrell getting his Navy Cross.