Black Hawk Down

i am currently reading Black Hawk Down. the way this book was written it makes you really feel the tension and the fear of the stranded American soldiers. the author uses many different strategies to engage the reader in the book. one of these strategies is to use descriptive words and really describe the situation to the reader. the author does a great job of really telling you what is happening and who it's happening to. when i read the book, i can really understand what the soldiers are feeling because i know what the situation is. another strategy he uses to pull you in is to tell stories about each of the soldiers so that you get to know who the guys are and understand them better. when you know the soldiers personalities you can really get a grip on their feelings in different kinds of situations. one of the ways he really gets you to know the soldiers is to tell funny stories about their relationships with each other and their personalities as a whole. this is a very imortant aspect of his writing because you really like these stories and you want to read about them more. i find this a very effective method because everytime i find one of the stories in the book it's like a little surprise that i greatly enjoy. i really like this writing style and i think it would be really cool if all non-fiction books were written like this, but alas, they are not.