Book Review - Lone Surivor

I watched Cory as he read this book while on our recent camping trip. He'll kill me for telling you that I watched his eyes fill up with tears, but I also heard him laugh out loud. I knew the story of Marcus Luttrell and I decided I wanted to read the book too. On the way home from our trip I read the 3 page epilogue. I cried. I read the 6 page prologue. I cried. It pushes the range of emotions, with the reader laughing one page, and literally having tears stream down your face before two more pages are turned.

I haven't finished the book yet, so rather than give you an incomplete review, I found a review online that I think sums up this book rather well...

"It is indeed a hard book to read, for the reader knows up front why it was written and what happens. Yet, it is a book that all should read, for there is much more to the story than death. There is much more than suffering. The reason it should be read is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story. It should be read so that you meet the people, know them as well as you can, and see that the tragic circumstances are but the tip of the iceberg. You owe it to the participants to read and know them, to appreciate them for what they were. Most of all, you owe it to yourself to read that larger story, to understand as best you can the people within, how they came to be there, what they believed, and how they lived and died, and to empathize however you can with those they left behind."

This book does not simply tell their tale, it sings their song. Read it, and listen. Learn, appreciate, and strive.