splatterelli's review
So, the first part was Vietnam War awesome. It was beautifully gory, descriptive, thrilling. I am always on the lookout for gritty war books as I love war movies / supernatural war action; Hamburger Hill, Full Metal Jacket, Predator. The first 25% or so really nailed it for me.
The story took a 180 when the US troops appeared. I would have loved this story to stay in the jungle with the unknown killer creature. This was just not for me.
The story took a 180 when the US troops appeared. I would have loved this story to stay in the jungle with the unknown killer creature. This was just not for me.
karen_perkins's review
5.0
Lee Franklin thrusts her readers into the war-ravaged jungles of Vietnam with The Reapers – a team of men who go in after the battle to collect dog tags, bodies and uncover potential war crimes. But the ordinary soldiers – whether enemy or ‘friendly’ – are the least of their worries. Something else inhabits this jungle.
Hidden in the trees, they stumble across a secret installation, and what they find there makes the Vietnam War almost inconsequential, and they really learn what it is to fight, as well as ask profound questions about survival, and whether sometimes the cost is just too high.
This is a very real, utterly plausible insight into war and the people who are tasked with the grimmest of roles, coupled with a gripping, visceral, and terrifying horror story. Lee Franklin certainly knows how to crank up the tension – and the battle. Five stars and highly recommended.
Hidden in the trees, they stumble across a secret installation, and what they find there makes the Vietnam War almost inconsequential, and they really learn what it is to fight, as well as ask profound questions about survival, and whether sometimes the cost is just too high.
This is a very real, utterly plausible insight into war and the people who are tasked with the grimmest of roles, coupled with a gripping, visceral, and terrifying horror story. Lee Franklin certainly knows how to crank up the tension – and the battle. Five stars and highly recommended.
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