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A review by grayjay
The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1.0
I found this novel pretty difficult. Kitty is a nurse in Vietnam during the war who is given an amulet, by a Vitnamese civilian in her care, that allows her to see auras and read the emotions and intentions of those around her.
It felt like a historical war fiction novel with just a touch of fantasy. Like other Vietnam War novels I've read, it's really about the atrocities committed by both sides during that war. The violence and racism are pretty intense.
It makes me wonder if it's impossible to write a novel that takes place during the Vietnam War without the characters, including the protagonist using every conceivable racist epithet for the Vietnamese.
It felt like a historical war fiction novel with just a touch of fantasy. Like other Vietnam War novels I've read, it's really about the atrocities committed by both sides during that war. The violence and racism are pretty intense.
It makes me wonder if it's impossible to write a novel that takes place during the Vietnam War without the characters, including the protagonist using every conceivable racist epithet for the Vietnamese.