Non-Fiction

Until recently, I have hated having to read non-fiction books. Most of the time, I would be required to read autobiographies about some I don't really care about. I had always thought of a non-fiction as just that, a boring book about someones life who I don't really care about. But a couple of weeks ago I read Behind the Beautiful Forever's by Katherine Boo, and I thought it was fantastic. It really felt like I was living in the Mumbai slum with her. And now I am reading the non-fiction book American Sniper by Chris Kyle. This is an autobiography on Kyle when he was a SEAL sniper during the war in Iraq and it is amazing. Kyle holds the record for most confirmed kills by a sniper, and the longest shot by a sniper. The autobiography follows Chris Kyle as he goes through training to become a SEAL as well. As I got further into the book, I could see how the training to become a SEAL can affect a person. They are pretty much brainwashed into thinking that  they are the best fighters in the world, that they are invincible and that dying in battle is the only way to die. But, it also shows how many lives this mentality can save. There are multiple times where he would run out in the middle of a fire fight and pull someone out who had gone down. It is an amazing story, and is definitely worth a read.