All Quiet on the Western Front It's a quick read, and can be finished in a single sitting if one has the mind to. It had been on my list for a long time, and l

All Quiet on the Western Front It's a quick read, and can be finished in a single sitting if one has the mind to. It had been on my list for a long time, and lived up to its expectations. The narrator's description of death as, "the skeleton working its way out of the body" is accurate, for anyone who has seen one pass from life to death up close. An emotionally shattering book.