Superb Story

Well I loved the story for it was true, real and passionate. The narration was excellent. It’s not often that you get a 5 star review from me but this one earned it.

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Great reading

Fantastic
Read this book many times.
Then I lost my copy,
So thought I would try this
Version, glad I discovered it.

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legend

amazing story. it slows down sometimes with the explanation of scenery. but all in all an amazing life and story of a simple man who did incredible things

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An incredible story of an inspirational man

The audiobook was wonderfully done. I'd seen Carlos Hathcock stories in various lists and blog posts so it was great to delve into much more detail. Laugh out loud funny in parts and heartbreaking in others. An amazing book of a legend who lived and breathed his craft

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Fantastic story and narration

What an amazing man Carlos Hathcock was. An inspiration to soldiers and ordinary men like myself.

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Great Listen

Great descriptions of scenery alongside personable dialogue. Really enjoyed this book and it was a brilliant listen.

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The man the mission the essence of his life!!

This is an inspiring story of dedication to the Marine corps, his brothers and not just survive but too live!!

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Wish I had read it properly!!!!!

Very good book but the narrator was so boring and his female voice is such a no no Spoiled a very good book.

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Wow that last mission was TENSE!

This book is all about Americas top sniper in Vietnam. It claims his record remains unmatched, which is if course not true, although it probably was at the time of writing.

The story was pretty good, but the narrator definitely let it down, as is all too often the case. His impressions of various voices deserves a solid 5, but when "the enemy was just feet away from me..." you need to emphasize the fear, it's not the same as "so I was looking up a phone number last week.."

The book starts with a very interesting quote I've heard before in veterans books, describing how taking the lives of the enemy becomes addictive. while this is thankfully difficult for most of us to understand, it no doubt begins to describe marine Sgt Hathcock later stages of this book.

There are also various EXTREMELY graphic descriptions of war, and the things people do to their enemy in such a situation, contained within this book, things that 9/10 such books spare in detail. While it's horrible, it certainly adds to authenticity.

the reason I've only given it 3 stars, aside from the narration, is it feels hollow, and like so much was missing, at various times the story skips out weeks or months, which often contains crucial thoughts and experiences (what happened on the freedom bird for example?)

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