Berserker Green Hell: Sometimes War is Beyond Hell by Lee Franklin I read this book over four days whilst in the beautiful Keswick countryside. Whilst some books featuring gruesome violence and brutality would feel out of place if read within such an environment. Berserker Green Hell seemed to fit right in and kept me entertained and unsure of what was going to happen until the end. Berserker Green Hell is written within the first person perspective of Pinny, a part aboriginal Australian soldier on his second tour of the now notorious Vietnam War. Pinny is part of a small platoon of soldiers, tasked with retrieving the dog tags of fallen soldiers after combat has finished. The first third feels very like the brutal big budget Vietnam war films that are anti war. Think Full Metal Jacket kind of thing. The next two thirds feel more like science fiction or a conspiracy theorists fantasy. I won’t spoil it for you. Over all the main character Pinny is likeable and human. However the language he uses in the later two thirds do not feel like they come from the same Pinny narrating in the first third. Maybe the change is to represent the growing extreme circumstances, but to me it felt like a glitch in the narrative voice. I found the claustrophobia of both the jungle and the underground compound engaging. I also enjoyed the real horrors represented in both settings, I think Lee has a real understanding of true horror and what people are really afraid of. For me, I liked the start of the book best with the soldiers in the jungle and the war. I did also enjoy the rest of Berserker, particular the action and the delicious evil of Harding. All in all Berserker Green Hell is an above average good read which I’d recommend to people who like real horror, war stories as well as scientific secrets and conspiracy theories. Berserker - Green Hell: Sometimes War Is Beyond Hell |
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