Lost Soldiers | 
panTerrible.
I grew up watching ultra macho war movies, especially those set in Vietnam, so I am not against the genre. But this book tries to sell you the old tale of ‘war is hell‘ plus revenge today for a crime in the past. But the reveal of what the retribution is for, left me hollow inside. Once revealed, the heavily misogynistic themes of the story are understood to be the framework of the entire book, and not a villain to be rejected.
WeAreLegion I should not have used the word ‘misogynistic‘ (as there are no female characters in the book) to define the incident that spawns the revenge central to this story. Instead, I should have said: this narrative is way too simplistic and heavy handed to appropriately engage the conversation about the incident itself. It requires a much more nuanced and mature story. Here, it is reduced to a ‘maguffin‘, used only to move the narrative forward. 4w
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