On the one hand, the writing is compelling, and the pace really pulled me along, The characters a re complex and individual, with both disability and trans inclusion without making a fuss. But on the other hand, the moral seems to be that being a child soldier is totally great and unit cohesion above all else? Is this a portrayal of a trama bond that is supposed to be praising the experience in the trenches? I think...I think I don't know quite what to make of this morally ambiguous book, but there is definitely more praise of violence than I want to see in my reading material.