Grant+S

=Grant S's 9th Grade Book Review=

The book I chose for my book review was Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden. Black Hawk Down is about around 200 Rangers and the Delta Task Force flying into Mogadishu, Somalia, via about a dozen Black Hawks to capture the general of the most rebellious clan in Somalia, General Mohammed Farrah Aidid. The teams fly into the city and within several hours, around four Black Hawks go down. The rest of the book is about the struggle to survive the night and to recapture the Black Hawk's crew and vital information from the Ranger Base. I thought the book was pretty good. A positive about the book are that it is very descriptive. This is good and bad because it makes you feel like you are there, but on the bad side it can be pretty graphic. Black Hawk Down is also very well written. It flows well, and is easy to follow. This is good because you can truly understand what is going on. Another positive is that the book is very appealing. It has, in my opinion, a super interesting topic and just attracts you to read it. Once you start you can hardly ever put it down. One of the last positives is that you truly feel like you are there. You feel like you know the soldiers, feel like you can see the tin roofs and cheap plaster houses. There are also negatives to this book. It can be a little slow at times. It can also be a little graphic. There is a lot of blood, some swearing, and also some bad references. Another negative is that once you start you can't truly put it down. Some readers may not like this because they may want to take it section by section. One of the final negatives of his book is that; It does take a little bit of memorization of abbreviations. There is a lot of symbols for longer words, too. Overall, I truly liked Black Hawk Down. It interested me, was well written and it flowed extremely well. I am truly looking forward to reading this book again.