As someone who is not typically interested in war books/movies, I’ve found myself pleasantly surprised with how invested I am in All Quiet on the Western Front. I appreciate how intimate of a story it is. It focuses on a small group of soldiers, all aspects of their lives at the front, and how the war has completely changed their mindset and view of life. We see the effects of the war on this small group of men, but know that this same thing is happening to other soldiers en masse- which makes it so much more horrifying.