For those of you who have not read David Benioff get the hell up off the couch, go to the nearest bookstore (or library if you are one of THOSE) and pick up a copy of "City of Thieves." This is one of the few books that I have read that at the end I yelled "Hell YEAH!" For those that do not know me you may wonder who is posting this crap. For those of you who do; no explanation needed. City of Thieves is the BEST example of a coming of age story. None of that Catcher in the Rye bullshit where Holden "Douchbag" Caufield wails about how he rebels against society. This is a story about the trials and tribulations of war and to the extreme lengths people must go just to eat.
Somewhere in all the shit and sadness the characters find happiness, and for me, that's what counts. None of this whining about prep school shit, lets see where your next meal is coming from. If at the end of it all you can wake up, smile and start your day then Rock On!
Back to Benioff. The prose is terse, the language is sparse and the plot moves forward; ever forward. No digressions, no asides, no lost in the beauty or horror that is St. Petersburg during wartime. A story of loss and a story of friendship. Pick it up and read it. Say thank you because you are welcome. Don't expect a happy ending; it is war time. Plus, how many happy endings are their in life? If all were happy how the hell would we recognize the unhappy.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1971304
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