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21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
CAN I GIVE IT 10 STARS?
READ THIS BOOK!!! I absolutely LOVE this book! My husband is a Marine, so I read a lot of military books. This one is, by far, my favorite! In it, Marcus Luttrell tells the story of growing up in Texas with his twin brother, the process of becoming a SEAL, and then ...Read More
READ THIS BOOK!!! I absolutely LOVE this book! My husband is a Marine, so I read a lot of military books. This one is, by far, my favorite! In it, Marcus Luttrell tells the story of growing up in Texas with his twin brother, the process of becoming a SEAL, and then his AMAZING story of survival against all odds! EVERYONE should read this book! Whether you're for the war, against the war, military, civilian, young or old. It will open your eyes to a whole other world. A world far, far away, yet so close to so many of our lives. And one I find many Americans know very little about!Show Less
posted by USMC_WIFEY on November 8, 2008
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16 out of 76 people found this review helpful.
Not Worth The Time
There isn't enough story to fill a book - an engaging magazine piece perhaps. Instead, we are delivered a healthy dose of Luttrell's political views which, frankly, are poorly developed and short sighted.
posted by Jstreifling on May 3, 2010
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USMC_WIFEY
Posted November 8, 2008
CAN I GIVE IT 10 STARS?
READ THIS BOOK!!! I absolutely LOVE this book! My husband is a Marine, so I read a lot of military books. This one is, by far, my favorite! In it, Marcus Luttrell tells the story of growing up in Texas with his twin brother, the process of becoming a SEAL, and then his AMAZING story of survival against all odds! EVERYONE should read this book! Whether you're for the war, against the war, military, civilian, young or old. It will open your eyes to a whole other world. A world far, far away, yet so close to so many of our lives. And one I find many Americans know very little about!
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 3, 2010
Not Worth The Time
There isn't enough story to fill a book - an engaging magazine piece perhaps. Instead, we are delivered a healthy dose of Luttrell's political views which, frankly, are poorly developed and short sighted.
16 out of 76 people found this review helpful.
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yordmiester
Posted October 22, 2008
More Political than Historical
First, I am a moderate republican, I bought this book learn about this tragic event and learn about the war in Afganistan. Instead the first 50 pages is about the liberal media and left wing politians. The event the book is about doesn't get started until almost 200 pages in. I believe everything done on that mountain by all the Navy Seals was heroic, but the author comes across as a bitter cocky man, and truly do not believe everything he writes and by being the "lone Survivor" there is no one to dispute what he says.It hurts me to write this review because I feel I dishonor those involved but that how I feel. I like to say I'd be honored to meet the author, but I wouldn't. The author blames the liberal media for what happened on that mountain, I don't like liberal media also but they were not on that mountain so do not blame them.
12 out of 37 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted June 6, 2008
A reviewer
I could not get past the second chapter, the first two were enough to stop me right there. Clearly the author has a story to tell, he wears the uniform of one of our most elite special forces teams and lived through a harrowing experience. Unfortunetly the author does so much chest beating and dishes out such a buffet of right wing AM radio talk show crap that it makes the book unreadable unless you are inclined to digest that sort of mindless diet. I was very disapointed.
12 out of 39 people found this review helpful.
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Krazeehors
Posted May 5, 2011
Highly Recommended
As a disabled veteran, Army widow and mother of a deployed soldier in this terrible war on terror, I found this book to be gripping. I don't care about the skill of the writer -- his account of this terrible ordeal has been life changing. I am also someone who has spoken to Mr. Luttrell online.
When our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines go off to war to defend this country against ALL enemies foreign and domestic, they expect the people appointed over them -- military and civilian alike and including our commander in chief -- they have a right to expect those people not in the fight to do everything they can to support the men behind the weapons and bring them home safe -- NOT politicize their battles!! After reading this book and the FEW terrible reviews by those expecting something else, I can fully understand why Mr. Luttrell feels the way he does. He went into the military intending to make it a career and because of the lack of support by his superiors, ended up totally disabled and embittered beyond belief. This is completely understandable. We who serve give up the majority of our civil rights in the fight to defend freedom, our way of life, and yes, even those stupid people out there who would never even think of putting on a uniform and making the same sacrifice, but are MORE than willing to sit back in their chairs and utter one hateful diatribe after another against those who do and come back changed for life.
I suggest that anyone brave enough to make it all the way through this book and hating it to get off their collective duffs, wear the uniform, defend our country, and come back alive -- THEN READ THIS BOOK AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.10 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted February 20, 2010
Tough to read
I found the poor writing a distraction. This book was hard to follow with the writer's continued use of odd metaphors to describe events and surroundings. The writer tried too hard to create a piece of art and share a dramatic experience, but in the process the story got lost. Eventually I had to put the book down.
8 out of 30 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted August 7, 2011
AWFUL!!
What should have been a good book gets bogged down by the author's politics. His criticism of the "liberal media" sounds like Fox News talking points. His criticism of liberal politicians and how they need to get out of the way... He swore an oath to serve his country. He sounds like he does not believe in the chain of command. Its a shame that a great story of our military gets lost in the author's obvious right wing political beliefs.
7 out of 38 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 5, 2010
Pompous
The writer is way too full of himself, and the writing style is tedius; it's almost impossible to drag myself through to the end. I would not recommend this book.
7 out of 27 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted May 14, 2009
Insight into a warrior
There are many things that have been said about this book before I picked it up. So, I came into this with a preconceived idea of what I would read. To my pleasant surprise it was not quite what I had anticipated, and I am grateful for that. I expected a war story that would be long on details and short on character, but what I got was the look into the soul of a man. Marcus told his story in a way that makes sense to him and exposed who he is to the world. His actions as a SEAL took courage, but letting the world see who he is as a man is even more courageous. He will be judged, his actions will be judged, and the book will be judged, but he stays true to his values to tell the story of his team and how the most challenging experiences in life make him a unique man.
I could not put the book down once I started and only recommend this book to people with values, morals, and conviction because those without virtue could never understand the man or the book. I only wish my son would be half the man that Marcus is.6 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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9409784
Posted August 15, 2011
Spectacular!
I know that I'm a racist, warmongering hater, but I can accept that about myself. If you share some of those characteristics or honor those who do, you'll love this book.
5 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 3, 2012
Awesome
Best book I've read.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 1, 2012
Amazing
Amazing story
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted October 7, 2011
Not recommended
Instead of recounting the herooic efforts of the fine US service men who lost their lives defending our country and our way of life, this author chose to make a political statement and a RA-RA sesion for conservatives, George Bush and Texas in general. What a shame because this was definitely a story to be told here, but he chose to lay blame on the liberal media and liberal govenrment for all the wrongs our military men and women must adhere to during time of war. He should have stayed focused on his super-human, Herculian efforts as a Navey seal.
4 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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sacchareen
Posted May 8, 2012
I wanted to enjoy this book.
I really and truly did. I just couldn't get past the poor writing, constant self-aggrandizement, and political ranting. I get the whole 'special ops/military' confidence, I live with it every day. This was more than that, and it made me start to ask difficult questions about the entire scenario. I put the book down.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 5, 2012
Excellent
Very real and a great story.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted August 31, 2011
Fascinating
I could not put this book down! Lone Survivor gave me a great perspective on the training of a SEAL and re-established what heroes are really made of. This book is fascinating. (If you are sensitive to curse words reconsider buying this book; there are a lot of curse words.)
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Scate
Posted August 12, 2011
Waste of Money - Exudes Arroagance
I had read raving reviews of this book and decided it sounded good enough to buy instead of borrowing. I wish I hadn't wasted my money. I am halfway through the book and he has hardly even started talking about the actual mission yet. ARROGANCE. There is so much arrogance on every page. All he has talked about so far is how great he is and what he went through to become a SEAL in the first place. He says that no SEALS pat themselves on the back or look for praise, but all he does is praise himself and the SEALS throughout the entire book. Yes they deserve to be arrogant after everything they go through, but not when his arrogance comes in the form of putting himself above his navy classmates. He puts himself high above the readers and spends much of the time insulting liberals and praising George W. Bush. A man who claims to be such a patriot has no place insulting half the country in a book meant to honor fallen SEALS. I am debating whether to finish the book or not because I do not want to read any more arrogant sentences. The author could have told a much better story if he was humble. I was disturbed to see him write about how he was so great at training and hardly made mistakes while he highlighted the many mistakes of his classmates. That is not teamwork and honor. His fellow SEALS deserve better than that. Their story should be told without so much political rambling so that everyone can appreciate their sacrifice.
Long story short - arrogant and takes forever to get to the actual story. Spend your money on the version of the story from a different author.3 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted February 9, 2012
Great book!
What a great book! I bought this book recently as my first military book. I loved it! It can get very touching at some points but still a great book. I'm only 12 years old and this book has a lot of curse words. If you are thinking about bying this book and you are sensitive to curse words, you may want to reconsider it. But it is amazing to see how brave these Navy SEAL's are.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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andredlc
Posted January 31, 2012
Awesome!
Cannot rave enough about this book! From his upbringing to that harrowing day in Afghanistan, Marcus conveys his story very well. Read it!!
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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RebeccaPlaine
Posted September 10, 2011
Life Changing Book
I am never one to write a review-- somehow can't figure out how to just rank by stars which i always look at when buying books online...
Anyway, I was searching this book to buy for a friend and I saw a negative review and thought I really should give my praises because this book is a must read. It does an unbelievable job of weaving in lessons about hard work and determination, friendship, family, and the unwavering spirit of america.
If it were up to me, this would be assigned reading for every high school senior- my generation could really take away so much from the experiences shared in this book.
Oh-- and to the person who claimed this book was written by an author who just continuously 'patted himself on the back', you become a navy seal and do multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan and tell me he doesn't deserve the credit he gives himself. He truly is an American hero. Five stars does not give this book nearly enough justice.2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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