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Desertwalker
Rob har just fyllt arton år när han går ut som frivillig i kriget mot Irak. Han drivs av en vilja att göra gott, att försvara sitt land och bekämpa ondskan, USA:s svurna fiender. Hans vänner kallar honom Deserwalker efter Anakin Skywalker, dne unge jediriddaren i Star Wars. Men snart märker också Rob att ondskan finns där man minst anar det...
Desertwalker är en trovärdig och omskakande berättelse om krig, fanatism och den kamp mellan gott och ont som inte utspelas mellan stridande länder utan i en människas hjärta...
[Synopsis from the book cover.]
Desertwalker är en trovärdig och omskakande berättelse om krig, fanatism och den kamp mellan gott och ont som inte utspelas mellan stridande länder utan i en människas hjärta...
[Synopsis from the book cover.]
203 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2007
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September 24, 2023
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August 13, 2021
3,5 stars.
When I first read this short book as a 13-year-old it was so special to me. It was the first book I read about the Iraq War and one of the first books I read about war in general. I really liked the protagonist: his nerdiness, his idealism and enthusiasm that then are contrasted by the reality of the war. I also found the writing style very captivating. It was almost poetic in its simplicity. Some passages felt just perfect.
Thinking back on this book now I realize that it has many clichés and it simplifies some things too much even for a YA-book. It doesn't explore anything in depth. But I still appreciate it for what is was for me and for being one of the books that introduced me to war literature.
When I first read this short book as a 13-year-old it was so special to me. It was the first book I read about the Iraq War and one of the first books I read about war in general. I really liked the protagonist: his nerdiness, his idealism and enthusiasm that then are contrasted by the reality of the war. I also found the writing style very captivating. It was almost poetic in its simplicity. Some passages felt just perfect.
Thinking back on this book now I realize that it has many clichés and it simplifies some things too much even for a YA-book. It doesn't explore anything in depth. But I still appreciate it for what is was for me and for being one of the books that introduced me to war literature.
April 13, 2019
So, I picked this up primarily because it referenced Anakin Skywalker, and what is a girl to do? However, that turned out to be one of the many annoyances I had with this book: it uses the symbolism of Anakin becoming Darth Vader but for that to carry any emotional punch at all every character and the reader has to pretend that we don't KNOW that Anakin equals Vader. Which is... unlikely in the extreme. Or was it supposed to be foreshadowing? It still doesn't reflect on why none of the characters reflect on this, if they're supposedly such SW buffs.
Anyway, the synopsis on the cover led me to expect more than the rather straightforward and unlayered narrative. I have no idea how much proper research went into this, so I can't count the details of the war as and educational value. The ending is pleasantly ambigious, but by then I have lost all interest in the bland main character and his bland moral dilemmas.
Anyway, the synopsis on the cover led me to expect more than the rather straightforward and unlayered narrative. I have no idea how much proper research went into this, so I can't count the details of the war as and educational value. The ending is pleasantly ambigious, but by then I have lost all interest in the bland main character and his bland moral dilemmas.
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