I love this book. There’s a lot of depth to it, and it’s great to see that O’Brien seems to use different writing styles for different stories. It gives you a new way to read something on each page, even if it’s one story. The title story was fantastic, and I liked how it not only spoke of the physical burdens, but the emotional and mental burdens, the spiritual ones. Not only did they carry gear, but they carried memories, keepsakes, superstitious items, and the whole squad with them. There’s a lot of layers to this book, and I’ve been going back and forth through different stories just seeing how it all changes.
