Should i read? I always get like 50 pages in and quit. just wondering if the book picks up. thanks

Read it!

It doesn't "pick up" and turn into the Tom Clancy novel you expect, but it sure carry a punch when it comes to descibing the life of the average soldiers in the trenches.
The most remarkable reature of this book is that it's somehow timeless.
It could be any war or conflict anywhere on the globe, the main feature of this book is how the bonds between the group of soldiers is strengthened by the situation they are suffering under.

Someone once said that it was pretty ironic that the nazi's banned this book as pasifist propaganda, since it was one of the books that really inspired people to join the army in order to experience the commradeship between front-soldiers...

This book is to war-novels what the movie "Das Boot" was to later U-boat movies.

intresting, i will!

It's a classic. One of the finest books about the common solider. Read it.

Will do sir, gonna find it in my book collection.

You have to read it, though it might not be the action-packed thriller you want. It should be on the (nonexistent) required reading list before joining the military, IMHO.

alrighty........

Originally Posted by FULLMETALJACKET

Should i read? I always get like 50 pages in and quit. just wondering if the book picks up. thanks

It does pick up, the movie with Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine was the best version, rare, but usually available at Blockbuster. Read the book first though.

Its a great book! Must read, even if you are not joining the military. A classic military novel that keeps your attention, even though it isn't extremely action packed.

An altogether different episode on the Western Front was the Christmas Day Truce of 1914.

http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-19...xmas-truce.htm

and

http://www.1914-1918.net/truce.htm

Both are a fascinating read.