things they carried

When I first started to read the book i wasn't sure if i was going to like it. I am not really interested in books about war however after getting through the first chapter i really started to enjoy the book. I learned so many new things that i didn't know before about people who are in the army as well as the things they have to go through. I don't have anyone close to me that has gone into that field of life so i didn't know much about it. The first chapter i really didn't expect it to actually talk about all of the things each soldier carried nor did i expect the almost crude language that was being used in the writing.