Review: An interesting story about PTSD
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
PTSD is a growing phenomenon, but not at all a new one. Whenever the disaster of war occurs, PTSD is one of its results. This is the issue that appears in Judge Robert Solomon's Veteran's Court on a daily basis, and it isn't a pretty one. A young veteran, a husband, father and former multi-deployed sniper (Iraq and Afghanistan), has no memory of threatening people with a gun, what he was doing outside in his pyjamas. What will Judge Solomon do? Sad to say, this has been an all-too-common story for way too long a time. Sadder to say that, though we seem to find the resources to fight wars, we lack the same enthusiasm for finding the resources to serve the young men and women who have fought in them.I liked this story, as it reminded me of people I have known who've suffered from PTSD. The story left me wanting more, as if I've been introduced to a story about some very interesting characters and plot, then left wondering what happened to the rest of it. I encourage the author to develop this into a full-length novel, as the story has all the ingredients and had definitely whetted my appetite. Besides, the story seems to demand to be expanded.