I liked it. It was an interesting piece. I wonder to myself if you've ever been to Iraq yourself, if you're speaking from experiance. If you weren't actually ever there you do a nice job convincing the reader you were, although I'm not sure the landscape description is a focal point in this story, and the story gets on rather well without such a description. It seems to me your intent was to highlight the emotions of war, and to be in depth with one thing you generally have to give up something else, and the landscape was what you gave up. A good work will do this, but won't make the compensation conspicuous. If you were to describe mental conflict, and then go on with a detailed landscape description, the reader might lose interest. Your description of mental conflict is done well enough to supplement the loss.
My only suggestion is more meat in the story. It sort of starts and ends, there isn't much to it. Maybe focus more on the inner struggle of PFC Toal, or even Woods or the Lt.
As it is the story is good, but nothing really jumps out. It's a pleasant read but nothing more. Give it some more substance. All in all it was a good piece, and these are just my thoughts on it.
By the way, my last name is Woods :)
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