Very good Book

Rating: 8/10 (15 December 2017)

Chris Kyle was born on April 8, 1974. He was raised up in a "Country" family. Later on his parents had another child. Chris became an older brother and looked after him. He got his first gun when he was nine. He loved to guns, horses, and really anything Cowboy-ish. As he grew older his passion for horses and cattle grew. He got so good with riding horses that he tried out for some local rodeo tournaments. He had thought of the going into the military when he had finished high school, but ended up going to college. While going to college he worked on a ranch, a big one. Riding horses, feeding cattle, and doing anything his employer wanted really. After awhile he had thought of the service. He went down to the recruiters office and him and all the recruiters talked. He liked the Navy the best. He went in to sign up, got everything checked out, before he could get really into the navy they found out that he had a bad accident when he was younger. When he was younger he rode horses, the horse tripped and fell on top of Chris. Cracking his ribs, completely obliterating his wrist, and some other minor injuries, are what occurred. Since his wrist were almost obliterated he had to get steel rods put in them, and since he has steel rods in his wrist, the Navy wouldn't allow him. Chris finding out this, went back to work at the ranch again. Not long after the Navy recruiter call him up and told him he could join. Chris went through all the trainings and test, passed them and started to take on more stealthy trainings. He was deployed many times during his first 4 years of the Navy.
I think the main strengths are in the emotions mixed in with all the war Chris has been going through. Chris brings you through his journey and what he experienced. Yet, he spills his emotions out. Generally people think " Oh, you're in the navy. You don't really have feelings.", But in this case it's the exact opposite. Chris opens up and shares his feelings, emotions, and thoughts.
I think the author's message is mainly about war. He wants to bring notice to how war really is. This is a valuable book, if not the most valuable. It teaches lessons that everyone should learn. One incident that I thought was important was where Chris and Taya had their second child and Chris still went back to defend his country. That scene was really emotional.
I would recommend it for high schoolers, it;s best for males and females. I would recommend i for people looking to join any branch of the service. Someone who is afraid of war or doesn't like war shouldn't really read this, after all this is based on war. It is generally a book for all.