No Easy Day (2012) (edit title/settings)

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“New Book, October 2012”

• Rated 4 stars

“Excellent account of one of the major news stories of our time.”

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“Excellent book telling the story of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden”

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“No Easy Day by Mark Owen is very badly written. You will find clauses that masquerade as sentences and misused words galore. The last 1/3 of the book is the actual story of the raid that killed OBL. The rest is a few chapters with "cliffhangers' to get you to keep reading and many chapters relating descriptions of how "glorious" the SEALs are with a special emphasis on how "glorious" Mark Owens is. If you believe all he writes you will wonder how any SEAL team was able to accomplish anything if he was not along.

In my copy the maps that would have the raid clearer to understand all came AFTER the description of the events. A good editor would have moved those maps or given the page numbers of the maps in the prose. Actually a good editor would have asked him to re-write the book.

If you are really, really interested in SEAL training and the lead up to missions and you are willing to wade through a lot of gratuitous bragging to get to the mission itself, you might find this book enjoyable.
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“Want to read! Relates to someone I know, so I'm fascinated about the extreme lifestyle, mission, philosophy, mad skills, etc.”

• Rated 5 stars

“interesting account”

• Rated 4 stars

“I really enjoyed this book as not only was it suspenful but it also taught you a lot about the American Army and the ranks. It also teaches you about some of the army words that you occasionally hear in movies and what they mean. It was about Mark Owen who was one of around 30 soldiers that embark on a mission to kill the worlds most wanted man and leader of al Queda, Osama Bin Laden.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Reads a little rough, but like any first-person story, the author isn't a writer, he's a SEAL of course.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Great book with a lot of interesting information. I'm not sure why there is such an uproar about the gentleman writing the book, it didn't give away any secrets or anything, it just told the truth. You also learn a lot about the life of a SEAL. I loved it and highly recommend it.”

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“Not sure about this book, The only thing that the author could remember was that he found Osama's just for men hair dye!!!! Always thought he looked like a dirty wizard.
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