I was reading this every second of the day that I could. And there are so many important perspectives here, and it really means a lot to see that well done. It’s not just one of those simple-minded action, summer blockbuster types. So for me it was extremely important that this topic be handled with care, and Singelin clearly researched this thoroughly. My mom and grandpa’s developed on battlefields in Iraq and Vietnam. I wanted to make that note upfront because I know this material can be very triggering and the last thing anyone should do is make it a story about the war a loved one came from and rush to put this in their hands or faces without carefully thinking that out.įor my part, everyone in my immediate family (now just me, my grandpa, and my mom) experience and sometime struggle with PTSD. So while it’s easy for those of us familiar with, and those of us living with PTSD (particularly those of us who received it from war), it’s not the same wars and not the same places.

Coming from a multicultural background it was also important for him that setting be multicultural too.

In his author’s note he states that, while he was initially working on this during his time in Tokyo and was very inspired by the city, the world the characters live in is totally fictional as is the war they were returning from. First I think it’s really important to note that Guillaume Singelin is not portraying any war that we know of and is not depicting real cities that we know.

PTSD by Guillaume Singelin