Review of Life After Death - A Guardsman's Tale
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Review of Life After Death - A Guardsman's Tale
Life After Death - A Guardsman’s Tale by James Paul Watson is an eye-opening book about what goes on in the British Army. It is a non-fiction autobiography. It is also a historical novel based on the military.
Watson as a child, was troublesome because of his childhood experiences. He was taken to a children's home from where he joined the army at the tender age of seventeen. After entering the military, he underwent training with his colleagues where they were taught how to kill their enemy.
They were assigned their first mission, which was to secure Kosovo, where they had seen a genocide. After witnessing the genocide, it left them traumatized. They fought and battled in Northern Ireland; they also fought the Taliban in Afghanistan, where they witnessed many gruesome deaths and heinous injuries. These experiences had some psychological effects on them. What did the British Army do to help the soldiers who developed psychological issues? Did the British Army even care about the welfare of the soldiers?
This book has a lot of positive effects. This book educated me on what childhood experiences do to individuals as they advance and how they influence one's decisions. I learned that one’s childhood experiences could also cause one to have the effects of PTSD. I learned about the British Army from this book. I learned about their rigorous training, incessant missions, and the numerous wars they fight. This book really opened my eyes to how the soldiers are treated in the army. I love how the author attached pictures to some chapters of this book. The language of this book was relatively easy to understand. I was also able to learn a few new words, such as Bayonet, Reconnaissance, Inundated, Exacerbate, Sectarian Racism, Attrition, and so on. This book brought out some emotions in me. For instance, I was sad when I read about Watson’s childhood story. He was neglected, abandoned, and constantly beaten by his parents, who were into drugs and alcohol. I was also angry about how the British Army treated the soldiers regarding their welfare.
This book has just one negative aspect. The name doesn’t in any way tally with the contents of the story. When I saw the title of this book at first, I thought it was a story about life after death, but it turns out it wasn’t. I found minimal errors in this book. This shows that this book was professionally edited.
I, therefore, rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. Despite the negative aspect I stated above, I enjoyed every aspect of this book. I learned so much about the British Army and, might I add, life in general.
I recommend this book to lovers of non-fiction novels. Also, anyone who loves reading autobiographies, historical fiction, and military stories would enjoy this book.
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Life After Death - A Guardsman's Tale
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