American Sniper

I picked this book because I saw Bradley Cooper looking forlorn in the trailer. The media's praises on this Clint Eastwood movie has never stopped, and so I thought that this must be quite an interesting story.

I didn't want to read the book initially but I got bored at Soekarno Hatta airport. It was quite entertaining at the start but I started losing interest halfway through the book. Chris Kyle is not a writer, so that's probably why the story-telling is so erratic. Kyle is perfect for war - he is dedicated, skilled, and nothing scares him. However, any soldier has the same problem at the end. They are all scarred and they have to go through a lot of struggles to go back to normal life.

I struggled in finishing this book, especially the last 4 chapters. Every chapter tells the same story I lost interest after reading 2 pages.

PS: Whenever the word "ROE" comes up, I read it as "Return of Equity" instead of "Rules of Engagement". Every. Single. Time! Don't ask me why.

Update - 25 February 2015
As I browsed the NYT, I came across news about the court ruling for Chris Kyle's killer. What?! Chris Kyle died?! I can't believe that I didn't know this. Pardon my ignorance!

Apparently he was shot by a psycho at a shooting range back in Feb 2013. What an irony! After all the wars that he went to, he died at a shooting range.