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I‘ve know this author for YA works but “Fallen Angels” doesn‘t really fit there. It‘s frequently challenged because of the adult-level language & realistic depiction of the Vietnam War.

I did a search, fun facts from AAVM: African American Veterans Monument (https://aavmwny.org/war/vietnam-war)

Okay yes and “fun” is rather a stretch. I‘ll have to post the full quote below BUT I would recommend this read. It‘s brutal as you‘d expect.

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An exquisitely layered historical fiction narrative centred around the complicated political history of LTTE and their efforts to establish a Tamil state in Sri Lanka. Through the lens of a young woman with 4 brothers, each with their own stories that contribute keenly to the narrative. A story about familial bonds, loyalties, politics, violence, activism, masculinity, national identity, and much more.

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This is the story of two Cree soldiers who travel from Canada to fight in the trenches of WWI. I found the beginning very slow and didn‘t enjoy the stories told from Xavier‘s POV about the war until it got to the end but I did like Niska‘s stories about life in the bush and Xavier‘s childhood.

I think I just done like historical fiction much.

The book is good in the last third and I‘m glad I stuck with it.

#OhCanada @Jess861

This was not for me. #bookspin and #authoramonth for September @TheAromaofBooks @Soubhiville

Recommended to me from a book group member, and now I need to tell them how deeply this book gutted me. I hadn‘t really understood what was happening in Syria, and now I have a story that really puts so much of it into perspective. Fantastic and difficult and oh so necessary.

This really picked up speed in the final 3rd.

“Maybe this is what barbarians look like. (They look like everybody else.) That being said, one person‘s “barbarian” is another person‘s “just doing what everybody else is doing.” (How many can be expected to do better than that?)