American Sniper CD: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, (Audiobook)

from martinhughharvey

First background as why to why I read this book. A while ago I watched the movie Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg who is a retired and reclusive ex-sniper. Decent and enjoyable movie. A year a so ago when my wife Heather was out I was flippin' channels and enjoined the movie again part way through....

from kslade

I have mixed feelings about this book. I read Lone Survivor and really liked that one, at least for the survival adventure part. I mostly liked this one too, but I was somewhat put off by Chris's profanity and the way he painted all of the enemy as "the bad guys" and as scum coming up from sewers...

from Unkletom

There have been so many wildly differing opinions about Chris Kyle, his memoir, and movie Clint Eastwood made from it that I long ago decided that the only opinion I could trust is my own, so here goes. After just a few pages it became apparent that to fairly review Kyle's book one must first, an...

from NickHowes

Chris Kyle, with 160 kills, was the highest scoring sniper in American history. Here he tells his story in anecdotal form of four tours in Iraq over 10 years before stepping down. He tells of his love of combat, his determination to serve his country, to die for others if need be, and of his vari...

from JillKenna

I'm going to start off saying that this is a hard book to read. It is very intense, more so than I originally thought going into it. While I did very much enjoy the book, I had to put it down about halfway through and read something else. I was not prepared for the way the book portrayed killing....