Derrick Wolf

Full disclosure: I did not finish reading this book and this is why: Pointless mundane day to day activity and beyond repetitive.

“Boys for Men” is the true story of two soldiers separated by 100 years. Taken from excerpts from the journal of Sylvester Waltz, an infantryman during the Great Sioux War (1876) and of Derrick Wolf’s tour of duty during the Vietnam (1970) conflict, their memoirs are told in alternate paragraphs as their day to day monotonous life moves on. Over and over we have paragraphs saying the same thing. I wanted to skipped the Sylvester Waltz part and simply read Wolf experiences but that didn’t last long I simply couldn’t take another chapter of all the minor details such as heating coffee and other mundane tasks that were constancy repeated. This is written as a daily journal and is very boring to read. I rarely give up on a book but I couldn’t take it, ¼ into it, enough was enough.

Not having served in the military I may not have appreciated what the book was trying to tell us but to those who came back home after their tour of duty, reading it may trigger fond memories. So don’t take my words for it… judge for yourself.… (més)