Beginning, I was a bit scared to read a bit the same as the appearance that I had just finished. A couple with secrets, the woman disappears, the husband is very fast suspect.
Except here, it's not the point. This fact (the disappearance) just serves as an excuse to learn about their lives.
Especially since that of John Kathy is ultimately the shadow of her husband, as is common in politics. The political environment, talk about precisely. I was a little afraid it was omnipresent and "undrinkable" for a neophyte, well, absolutely not. Another time, the policy is not the central subject of the book. This career was all chosen in view of the personality of John, and by the way, some truths are placed in the novel but without insistence.
The real issue here is the My Lai massacre, this war crime. This war has damaged many Humans. The victims, but also their tormentors forced.
And from this point of view, this book is a success. I know very little of the Vietnam War, I was shocked by the massacre that I had never heard. This book made me want to find out more about this period of history.
The author sets out the facts without sappesantir above. To the point that sometimes I was like "What, he let me go like that and it's going on?". He returned after obviously.
I loved the cut of the book: the history, the elements with many quotes as if the author was the detective. It makes much more dynamic reading.
I had more trouble with the parties "hypothesis" because of the heaviest combination but it's a little flat.
The fact that the titles of "chapters" are written on the top of each page helps to navigate.
Finally, I liked (or not!) Characters. I managed to view them all, to attach myself to some of them.
I began by telling me that John was just a cold and manipulative politician, I ended having great pity for him. Tim O'Brien writes very well the psychology of his characters.
