Paul Clayton - Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam

Pros: fills a need

Cons: not for every reader, those who enjoy military drama will enjoy

The Bottom Line: For a better understand of the conflict called Vietnam read this book

Review: Clayton presents a bit of insight ______________________________ ________________________ The Review Carl Melcher Goes To Vietnam takes us along on a journey with fictional draftee Carl Melcher. In 1968 when much of this country was in turmoil ...

Pros: An authentic-sounding soldier's narrative.

Cons: Slow start in the first chapter, but it grows on you.

The Bottom Line: If you want to read about the Vietnam War, you should read this steady and methodical narrative.

Review: Finally, I've gotten around to reading Paul Clayton's Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam after receiving a copy at an Epinions Meet and Greet last year. In truth, I made a few abortive attempts at starting the book, but the first-person narrative by ...

Pros: A Vietnam story that concentrates on only one man, his thoughts, and his personal experiences

Cons: Starts a bit slow and ends a little too soon

The Bottom Line: I'd really give this book three and a half stars, but since that option isn't available, I go for 3.

Review: According to the book's cover, author Paul Clayton draws from his own experiences as an Army soldier in Vietnam for this self-published book. The book tells a part of the story of Carl Melcher, drafted for service in Vietnam. CMGV does not, ...