Title: interesting themes, first-rate teenage voice
Product review: I'm surprised by other readers' reviews. Of course Sam is "childish" -- she's a child! You have to judge a book on its own terms. "In Country" doesn't set out to describe Vietnam, but rather the aftermaths of the war for those who stayed home -- focusing on Sam, a seventeen-year-old whose father was killed before she was born. Mason creates a completely convincing teenage voice. She also does a nice job of touching on lots of aspects of the debates surrounding Vietnam, without straying from storytelling mode. I was interested in the story, moved by the ending, and tickled at remembering what it's like to be 17 and hot for Bruce Springsteen.
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