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Requiem for the Aughts

Cherry by Nico Walker

March 13, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

I have a feeling this is one of those books that will fall strictly in the love/hate divide. With major caveats, I’m in the former. I’m the same age as the lead character. Born in the 80s, bored in the 90s, bombed in the 00s. 9/11. The recession. And though I’ve never done drugs or served in the military, I could relate to this story. Because this is the story of too many people I know. People whose lives were used and abused overseas. People […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Addiction, Cherry, crime, Iraq, nico walker, ohio

Jake's CBR11 Review No:28 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: Addiction, Cherry, crime, Iraq, nico walker, ohio ·
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This book was not for me. Maaaybe it would be for you?

November 29, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

Not quite sure what to say about this book, because not quite sure what to think about it. This book was written after a Buzzfeed article detailing Nico Walker’s life (soldier in Iraq, has PTSD, comes home gets hooked on heroin, starts robbing banks to fuel heroin habit, goes to jail) piqued the interest of a book editor, who began pursuing him to write a book. So this is basically a fictionalized version of Walker’s own story. Which is one of the problems I have with it. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cherry, drug addiction, Fiction, narfna, nico walker, war

narfna's CBR10 Review No:149 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cherry, drug addiction, Fiction, narfna, nico walker, war ·
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