All Quiet on the Western Front

I’ve read it when I was in my late teens / early twenties and it sort of changed my outlook on things. My then very naive and straightforward view of the world where right and wrong are obvious was shattered. It’s kind of made me sad and that sadness has remained with me ever since.

on HN, 2022

I read it in my mid teens (not too long after we stopped playing Rambo in the back yard) and it profoundly affected the way I view war, violence, and suffering. I've only read it the once (almost 25 years ago), and I hardly remember the story at all, but I vividly remember the feeling that it gave me.

on HN, 2017

The narrator's description of death as, "the skeleton working its way out of the body" is accurate, for anyone who has seen one pass from life to death up close. An emotionally shattering book.

on HN, 2021

All Quiet On The Western Front was more in this category of an approachable read.

on HN, 2020