No happy endings are welcome but so are bittersweet endings. Main character death is something I live for, especially if it seems like they're going to live or if there's a sense of hope before they actually die so that it shocks you.
I don't want to read something that's super heavy on sexual scenes, some sexual content is fine but I don't want it to be the main focus.
Don't tell me who dies or lives but please do tell me what kind of combat the book has. (For example, modern gun fights, 1940s gun fights or swords and magic).
by batnessthefifth
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johnny got his gun by dalton trumbo will absolutely destroy you, it’s about ww1 and the psychological horror is unreal. guy gets blown up and loses everything but his mind still works… no spoilers but you’ll be thinking about it for weeks
also try the things they carried by tim o’brien for vietnam war, it’s mix of real experiences and fiction but reads like poetry sometimes
If you’re into this stuff, at some point you will have to read the original modern war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front!