Like others, I'm not sure why I didnt get to this before. This is a great story told in the first person of Paul, a German soldier in the trenches of WWI, and his comrades. For this reader, at least, All Quiet had me on the proverbial edge of the seat, wondering when the other shoe would drop, who would lose their life next, when they would be called up to the front, and when they would finally get a break. This is *not* an "action" novel, but you find yourself genuinely invested in the characters, loathing who they loathe, and enjoying the occasional hot meal and shower as much as they do. For the time that this was written, it must have been a helluva page turner.