From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
by Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth
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Book Reviews of From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
Book Review: Heartwarming and Inspiring
Summary: 5 Stars
This true story of connections between a military man and his dog warms the heart of animal lovers across the world. This light, emotional, and page turning read brings to light situations in iraq, living conditions, and the need of troops to find something to love and something worth fighting for.
A must read for not only animal lovers, but military community members, spouses and families. A book to own and treasure.
Book Review: Gotta love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is fantastic. If you love dogs, and even if you don't, you will love this story. Dog owners will be able to visualize the antics of Lava as he walks the fine line between the loving, thank-you-for-saving-me dog and the out of control puppy. If you're like me, you'll be looking to pick this up by the gross to give out as gifts to friends.Book Review: The War Told from a Soldiers Eyes
Summary: 4 Stars
From Baghdad with love is the story of an American soldier in Iraq who finds a puppy. It is the story of he stayed sane, and what the right thing is to do. I bought this book so that I could get a human perspective on the war. I wanted to know what a man viewed as a killing machine thought of a puppy. This is what in essence what I got. The book gives a great story about the war that is not totally depressing. There are some points where you might get a little sad, but the general mood is much more upbeat. One complaint I have about the author style is that is goes from depressing chapters to happy chapters (and vise versa) with very poor transitions. The book does a decent amount of humor, but it is definitely not used in excess. The author does a great job of using just of humor to keep the mood light, but also not using so much that you feel like their making the war into a comedy. One observation I have to make is that although Jay Kopelman is seems a little sad talking about his experiences, but he does not have an extremely negative outlook. Also at some points he may get angry, he does not seem like an angry person. The book does a great job at keeping the story seem personal, but not making it feel to close to home. With many situations in the war the authors do not pussyfoot around the tough subjects. From Baghdad with Love is close to the perfect length. It has a little too short of an epilogue, and there are some things that I wish they would have elaborated on. In many of these situations they can not do this because it would put the people from Iraq that helped them in danger. I really loved in the book when the photographs, but they were in the wrong spot of the book. It belonged in the back with the epilogue. I wonder how much of the story is actually written by Jay Kopelman and how much is written by Melinda Roth. This is a truly interesting story of a war that is important for Americans to understand.Book Review: Great Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this book was great. The way this marine and other fellow marines were able to bond with this puppy during the war was heart felt. Not only did the book describe the struggles to bring this dog back to the US despite military regulations, the book also described some struggles of marines being in the war itself. What an amazing book. I highly recommend it. Book Review: Heartwarming & Outstanding
Summary: 5 Stars
The love shown to Lava is uplifting. Jay Kopelman and the Marines are to be commended for their kind hearts. I am so happy that Lava did not become a fatality of the war. If you are a dog lover. You must read this book.