My main problem with this book, besides the general lack of character development and plot, is that its overall theme seems overdone. The sun shone during the day and the air was as light or clean as April or May. Additionally, ways of speaking or expressing things in English would not necessarily be appropriate in Vietnamese and vice-versa. Kenneth Nguyen served honorably as a former U. Knowing that he went to war himself and experienced many of these situations himself as a soldier made the novel that much more intense and emotional.
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