Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

1939 • 256 pages

Ratings28

Average rating4.2

15

This was a tough read for me. The book was extremely dry and I found myself not caring about the main character. The story takes place in the 1930's and we are supposed to believe that in the 1930's a person can survive a blast from a shell and be living torso basically. The only person with a brain was the new nurse towards the end of the novel who seemed to care about Joe.

War is bad, but this book was horrible.

1 star gone for being dull.

1 star gone for the slut-shaming of Ruby. I know it was the 1930's but still.

Edited to add that I read this with Josh and he hated it more than I did!

February 6, 2020