The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien
Category: "Fiction - Short Story Collection"
Pages:233
Year of Publication:1990
Date Added:03/29/2023
Date Read:06/05/2026
Notes:A series of interconnected stories about a company of U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam — their idiosyncrasies, the means of coping, sometimes their deaths. O'Brien, who was in the war, writes himself as one of the characters, but makes it clear that it's all his coping mechanism, based on real people and real events, but stories.
My Rating: 6

Reviews for The Things They Carried

Review - Things They Carried, The

Certainly well-written. It gave a good picture of the boredom, comradery, fear, and anger of war. It was compelling, but it wasn't enjoyable.

Reviewed by Roger on 2026-06-05 15:35:31

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