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Joe Ferraro's Reviews > Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
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A lot of people say and agree that this book was horrible. They think that Luttrell may have been through a lot in is brave, however his writing skills are not the best. I agree, but I knew this before I started reading. I read this book to understand what Marcus went through and the experience of being a seal. He did an amazing job at that and that is what he should have done. He built up the plot in multiple ways by describing the scenarios he was in very well as well as describing how he felt. Males would typically like this book more, however plenty of females that like sad, touching stories would like this too.
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Reading Progress
January 27, 2016
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Started Reading
January 27, 2016
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January 27, 2016
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1.28%
""She knew I had been the last person to see him alive. And she stared up at me with a look of such profound sadness it damn near broke me in half and said, quietly, "Thank you for coming."" I could never understand the feeling the narrator has. How can you tell someone that their son died? This is sad and it's only page 5 so I'm already enjoying the book."
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5
January 27, 2016
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3.85%
""You see, we're invincible. That's what they taught us. That's what we believe." The theme in this quote is that confidence is key because the Navy Seals are confident in what they do which is why they believe they are "invincible"."
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15
February 7, 2016
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12.31%
""They thought their prosperity came from their own sheer brilliance." I like this quote because their prosperity actually came from money and not their brilliance so they aren't very brilliant thinking money had nothing to do with it. (Favorites)"
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48
February 15, 2016
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23.33%
""You lose an item of gear, you put it in a chit and report it. You do no take someone else's gear. I won't pretend that has not happened here in the past. Because it has." I feel like people in the RTC wouldn't take other people's gear since they are training to be a Navy Seal and know better. (Argue)"
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91
February 15, 2016
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26.92%
""I pulled that paddle until I thought my lungs would burst, until we had driven out beyond the breakers. And then our class leader yelled, "Dump the boat!" The bow-side men slipped overboard, the others (including me) grabbed the strap handles fixed on the rubber hull, stood up, and jumped over the same side, dragging the boat over on top of us.""
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105
February 29, 2016
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30.77%
""Beyond the confines of my room, there was absolute bedlam; stuff was hurled all over the place in room after room. I just stood there gaping as the entire barracks was ransacked by our own instructors." (Visualization) I can really visualize how messy the room is and how disgusted Marcus's face is."
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March 26, 2016
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37.18%
""To make everything worse, they kept telling us it was Thursday, not Friday, and the entire exercise was conducted under battle conditions —explosions, smoke, barbed wire — while we were crawling, falling into the slime." I like this quote because it is really descriptive and their is humor since everyone likes Fridays, they tell them it's Thursday instead. (Favorite)"
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145
March 26, 2016
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40.26%
""My only solace on that rueful occasion was that the instructors walked on every single one of us that day" This quote shows that the instructors are harsh too each individual to teach them a certain lesson for their role. (Favorite)"
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157
March 31, 2016
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46.41%
""These mountain men were as handy with missile launchers as they were with AK-47s." I find this quote interesting because it shows how much of a threat the Taliban are and how dangerous the mission is."
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181
March 31, 2016
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54.62%
""Right now all four of us were really amped up. We knew how to conduct a firefight like this, but we needed to cut dow. The enemy numbers, nail a few of these bastards real quick, give ourselves a better chance." I like this quote because it shows how a SEAL thinks in battle."
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213
April 1, 2016
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61.28%
""Mikey was still firing, but suddenly I heard him scream my name, the most bone-chilling primeval scream: "Help me, Marcus! Please help me!" He was my best friend in all the world, but he was thirty yards up the mountain, and I could not climb to him" I like this quote because it shows how devastating this shriek from his friend could be, and there was nothing he could do."
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239
April 1, 2016
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64.1%
"Beacon- a light or other visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide, especially at sea or on an airfield."
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250
April 24, 2016
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69.49%
""When i think about, these many months later, I'm kind of overwhelmed: that much love, that much caring, that much kindness to my parents. And I think about it, all of it, every day, and I still have no idea how to express my gratitude, except to say I know the door of our home is open to each and every one of them, no matter the hour of the circumstance, for all the days of my life.""
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271
May 1, 2016
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71.79%
""My leg was turning the shale beneath me to a dark red." Shale- a fine grained, sedimentary rock"
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280
May 1, 2016
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74.1%
""Hell, I was confused. Why was Sarawa helping me? ... This was a village full of Islamic fanatics who wanted only to see dead Americans." The author has used his feelings to explain a part of the book of what he was going through in his head,"
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289
May 8, 2016
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84.62%
""The throng gathered in our front yard now numbered almost three hundred" Throng- a large, densely packed crowd of people"
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330
May 8, 2016
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89.23%
""Behind me, with unbelievable presence of mind, Gulab was roaring out my BUD/S class numbers he'd seen on my Trident voodoo tattoo: 'Two-two-eight! It's Two-two-eight!'" I like this event because it shows how loyal Gulab is to Marcus."
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348
May 15, 2016
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90.77%
""I stared up at the escarpment and there in the darkness I could see white lights, moving quickly, across the face of the mountain." Escarpment- a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights. (Vocabulary)"
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354
May 15, 2016
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96.92%
""But grief like Patsy suffered is very hard to assuage. I know she felt her loss had smashed her life irrevocably, though she would try to put it together." I like this quote because it shows the sympathy Marcus shows for Patsy and why he does. (Favorite)"
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378
May 15, 2016
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Finished Reading
May 30, 2016
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finished-and-reviewed
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May 17, 2016 11:13AM
That is good to know and understand!
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I saw the movie, and it was great. Hopefully I can find time to read the book.
