Readers’ Favorite announces the review of the Non-Fiction – Military book “Kevlar, Tattoos and Invisible Scars” by Matthew West-James, currently available at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GX9YQ5YH.
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“Reviewed By Makeda Cummings for Readers’ Favorite
In Kevlar, Tattoos and Invisible Scars, Matthew West-James gives us a zero-filter look at the mental conflict of coming home from Iraq and feeling like a complete fraud. As an 88M truck driver, he saw combat and earned the medals, yet spent years convincing himself that his role and experiences still didn’t count. He treats his own trauma like a secondary issue, constantly comparing his own war experiences to the horror stories of others and deciding that his own pain just doesn’t count. Matthew maps out his life through the ink on his skin, using his various tattoos to build a version of himself that can survive the guilt of being fine on the outside. For example, there are tattoos of an Omega symbol for teenage finality and an Ordnance shell for an identity he lost almost as soon as he earned it. This is an incredibly real account of a man who is his own worst enemy and spends years gatekeeping his recovery, yet eventually realizes that smoothing over the truth just to make it cleaner only makes things worse.
Kevlar, Tattoos and Invisible Scars by Matthew West-James is a military memoir that feels more like an open wound than a history book. The author avoids the typical hero ego and instead gets really honest about the emotional and mental side of veteran imposter syndrome. He describes it perfectly as the gap between what is true on paper and what feels true in your chest. His writing style is blunt and raw, and I loved how he didn’t try to hide the rough edges in his story. He’s incredibly vulnerable about the times he let his own internal rules run his life, and I value how he admits that the toughest battle was often within himself. It gives the book so much depth because he’s willing to show that his resilience was often just a mask for the deep insecurity he was feeling. For me, the way he tackles the invisible scars of the VA process and personal identity is just masterfully written. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who thinks they need to earn the right to ask for help.”
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