The Yellow Birds was a phenomenal piece of literature written by Kevin Powers. Throughout the entire novel, Kevin Powers made everything extremely easy to read. As the reader, I could specifically tell that Kevin Powers did the research and connected with the characters which made it much easier to comprehend throughout the entire novel. From the start of the novel to the very last sentenced everything seemed to have a continuous flow. This book is written for a better reader due to the fact that each chapter alternates from the war to when the main character is in the United States either preparing for war or after his return for war. That was the only “difficult” part of the book, but as the reader I believe that Kevin Powers did such a good job on writing this book that it made everything extremely clear. I never approached a situation in the book where I had trouble reading it or a situation where I had to re-read it because it was unclear.

Throughout the entire novel, Kevin Powers made the war extremely realistic and vivid. While reading the book, the author grabbed me from the outside world and made me feel like I was in the war itself. My emotions arose and it made me feel every emotion possible. For example, without ruining the book something happens with the two main characters Bartle and Murphy which made me depressed and slightly angry at one of the characters. I also had times in the story when I was joyful and extremely proud of our troops over sees. It was so realistic it made me more patriotic and has made me want to support our troops. If you are looking for a book where you can go into a fantasy this will not be it. The war is realistic, the things that the troops encounter are factual, and unfortunately some people do die in the war which is existent in any war.

This is a war story, so the images portrayed by Kevin Powers are extremely vivid and it will appeal to any of your senses. This could be a good or a bad thing depending on what type of reader you are. For example, if the reader loves to feel like they are actually in the war, noticing every little detail it would be beneficial. If the reader does not like seeing gory, in the eyes of some unethical then it could be bad. It does NOT become unbearable during the book as I am the type of reader who does not like seeing that type of stuff. Kevin Powers does such a good job making it clear, by the type of writing he uses. I have never been a reader who enjoys war stories but after reading this book I am definitely interested in reading other stories especially if it is written by Kevin Powers. Throughout the entire book, the war and stories became eye catching and it made me want to continue to read page by page and made me refuse to set the book down. Although I had a change in emotions throughout the book, I would highly recommend it.