A review by sjfurger
A Hard And Heavy Thing by Matthew J. Hefti

4.0

This book was both hard and heavy - accurately titled. As I read this, I was aware that it was both for me and not for me. I was an intended audience in that this book described the experiences of a war that I can never understand, and yet it was not written for me for the same reason. I've been uncomfortable with novelizations of war, the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan especially for obvious reasons, but when I saw this book I thought I'd give it a go. It's beautifully written. The plot is well paced, the switching between persons is easy to follow, and the development of the characters is well done, almost painfully so. A beautiful novel and one I can comfortably recommend.