Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
Taste attributes: wardramapsychologicalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads
Boxlist takeA heavy war novel that is emotional, grounded and morally murky. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives ... This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless and gruesome ... but so is war. --Publisher.
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- Dalton Trumbo
- Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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