Need opinions on two books
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Re: Need opinions on two books
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Re: Need opinions on two books
I read both. I found American Sniper to be a little "sketchy" later on, like fragments of letters from home. It didn't "flow" as well in the later chapters, but it was still a "good read."
I liked Webb's book better. Much more detailed, funny, captured my interest right off the bat and kept it. American Sniper I could put down and have to remember I was still reading it in the stack on my night stand. Webb's I took to work and snuck in a few pages between pages. It had me going "wow" in my head. It created a better visual for me, more detailed.
IMHO. I read a lot. Medical "stuff" to The Bible and Apocrypha and I just finished reading the original John Carter Mars trilogy by ERB. I think Webb had a better ghost writer, or Kyle didn't really use one.
Compare this to the gospels. Same story, different viewpoints, writing styles. History. "His story."
The more I read about SEALs the more I understand they aren't trained, but discovered in the process. You can't "make" a SEAL. The guys who pin on those badges are SEALs before they ever hit the tarmac or the surf on day one. This may or may not be MOO commentary (Master Of the Obvious), but it was profound to ME when I realized it.
I only went through Army basic, Officer's basic and Advanced, never anything as intense as Airborne, SF or other advanced training; even turned down a chance to do the ropes course and EFMB (I was 35, didn't feel up to it), but at age thirty I was the only guy in my officer's basic class to make it through the obstacle course at Ft. Ord first try, in time. I thought it was easy.
Anyway, read both, and don't forget to read Lone Survivor. Soon to be a major motion picture.
I read both. I found American Sniper to be a little "sketchy" later on, like fragments of letters from home. It didn't "flow" as well in the later chapters, but it was still a "good read."
I liked Webb's book better. Much more detailed, funny, captured my interest right off the bat and kept it. American Sniper I could put down and have to remember I was still reading it in the stack on my night stand. Webb's I took to work and snuck in a few pages between pages. It had me going "wow" in my head. It created a better visual for me, more detailed.
IMHO. I read a lot. Medical "stuff" to The Bible and Apocrypha and I just finished reading the original John Carter Mars trilogy by ERB. I think Webb had a better ghost writer, or Kyle didn't really use one.
Compare this to the gospels. Same story, different viewpoints, writing styles. History. "His story."
The more I read about SEALs the more I understand they aren't trained, but discovered in the process. You can't "make" a SEAL. The guys who pin on those badges are SEALs before they ever hit the tarmac or the surf on day one. This may or may not be MOO commentary (Master Of the Obvious), but it was profound to ME when I realized it.
I only went through Army basic, Officer's basic and Advanced, never anything as intense as Airborne, SF or other advanced training; even turned down a chance to do the ropes course and EFMB (I was 35, didn't feel up to it), but at age thirty I was the only guy in my officer's basic class to make it through the obstacle course at Ft. Ord first try, in time. I thought it was easy.
Anyway, read both, and don't forget to read Lone Survivor. Soon to be a major motion picture.
Re: Need opinions on two books
Read em both and liked the both. I'd give the edge to American Sniper though. That dude comes across as a humble down to earth guy. Not that Brandon Webb isn't any of that but there is just something about Kyle that endears you more to him as you read his book as opposed to the other.
Either way you can't go wrong with either book.
Read em both and liked the both. I'd give the edge to American Sniper though. That dude comes across as a humble down to earth guy. Not that Brandon Webb isn't any of that but there is just something about Kyle that endears you more to him as you read his book as opposed to the other.
Either way you can't go wrong with either book.
