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Matt C Book Review


The story //Black Hawk Down// by Mark Bowden is a true story of American soldiers that are sent into Mogadishu Somallia to try to help stop starvation, murder, and civil war. It is a war torn country like Iraq or Vietnam. But instead of being embraced as heros come to save the people the somalli clansman begin to build a hatred towards the American Rangers and Delta Force because of the death of their people. So in one mission just like any other they plan to raid a hotel where the war lord Farrah Aidid and his luetenants are supposely hiding. The mission goes smoothly until they are attacked by thousands of waves of Somallis and a loss of a black hawk hence the name black hawk down. In my eyes I thought that it was a great story that kept me interested the whole way through. I really liked how the book went kind of smoothly. It was a good book. It had a lot of violence and was a little gory but it was a good book. The fact that it was a good true story wanted me to keep reading. The fact that it is true wants you to to see what happens to soldiers in the story and what happens to the somalis. Once you pick up the book you want to keep reading and want to see more of the story and what happens. The author did a good job at telling this story and a good job at showing every single aspect of all of the characters in the book The author made sure that you knew every little thing about each and every soldier. That was one of the things that I didn't like it took quite a few pages to describe a character and get back to the actual story. Another thing that I didn't like so much about the book is that it was a very long and book to get through it felt like it took longer than usual to get through the book. Another thing that I didn't like so much was that it kind of jumped around and sometimes got lost on what you were reading and what was going on with what battle and with what soldiers. I think that the book could use just a little bit of work. All in all I thought that it was a great book with a few minor things that might need editing, to me. I really enjoyed this book a lot and would recomend this to anyone or anybody who is looking for an action packed thrilling book that keeps your attention. This is a great book I suggest that everybody gets it.