Book Review | Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Today I review this harrowing, brutal and uncompromising story about a young American soldier who is horrifically wounded in World War 1 and robbed of many of his meaningful human abilities. This is a must-read for anyone with a shred of humanity, but should also be mandatory reading for anybody aspiring to or taking political office.
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[@ConGamePro]

Not just an anti-war text. But also a value of life and our senses.

[@thehappypotato4113]

thanks for the review, I will have to put this on my to read list

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

A book whose main character [1] would have died before the first chapter begins if not for quick response by surgeons/nurses/whatever; [2] is barely recognizable as a person because he "survived" a bomb blast in the thinnest way possible because said explosion left him minus eyes, nose, mouth, ears, arms and legs; [3] has a functioning brain in spite of his absurd condition, whether other people realize it or not; and [4] keeps daydreaming about his past and what he'd rather be doing because he's bored by the sheer level of nothing... at least Johnny Got His Gun wasn't written by Stephen King!

[@thearchives]

If you liked this you might like the novel The French Stranger, many of the same themes, however told in a more absurd way.

[@aka99]

thx. i ll take a look

[@loud6037]

Metallica is the same reason I bought and read this book. Thanks Metallica!!!

[@nestormakhno9266]

first... in over 2 years

[@tristanjames6304]

Most wars are unjust but there are some that needed to happen for the world to improve. There was no way the Nazi party was going down without ww2.

[@ivanovleftney6006]

I don't think that Dalton Trumbo would necessarily disagree with you. (Read his words in the introductions before the novel begins.) Though I do, considering how obviously the absurdity of WW1 led to WW2. How silly is it that a bunch of nations went to war against another because they were in pacts, and a random terrorist killed a politician? How silly is it that one nation was burdened with most of the blame and saddled with debt, and this burden and debt created desperate, angry people who would follow a mad man if it just meant they could pay their bills and get some bread and meat and milk? If you don't understand that, I can't help you.