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I've started to read Storm of Steel and I expected a dark, gritty apology of mechanical war. Junger sure isn't a pacifist and there are some terryfying moments, but it's not as over the top as I expected. The tone is melancholic and somewhat cold, but there are also some hilarious moments, like when he fiddled with an object found in a French trench to realise that it's a hand grenade or that one drunk guy who threw his captain into a cowshed instead of escorting him to his billet. It's funny how Junger miraculously avoid death everytime, it's more entertaining than I expected to be.
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I just downloaded the audiobook a few days ago. I'm excited to get into it.
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>>8442086
My illiterate sister is reading this. I should probably do the same as I have a lot of time for Ernst.
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Jünger really manages to capture the esprit of war. The long passage about a breakthrough during the Frühjahrsoffensive might be the greatest lines I ever read about a battle.
Jünger also manages to depict the camaradery, although not as well as Remarque.
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>>8442086
it gets pretty rough
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