The Sniper is a grueling and intensive story about war and humanity. The author uses very descriptive and humane language to evoke tension and thought. The main character is also treated as human with his motives and emotions brought out very well. This in turn allows the reader to reflect their own personal experiences in order to emphasise with the main character. 
Unfortunately the story follows the very bland and old curve of drama, which makes the plot predictable.

The final twist comes off very superficial and doesn't really add anything to the theme of the story. As the story already goes greatly in depths with how gory and traumatizing war can be, the abrupt ending really feels like the author is attempting to get some cheap " oh no, war truly is bad!" reactions from the reader.

I do have to mention that I am looking at this from my modern perspective. When this book was made I'm sure that these were rare tropes and the story and the story might have been unpredictable and groundbreaking with it's take on war being horrific in contrast to the warhero stories popular in the 20th-century. But right now I'm reading it if it just came out and my opinion stands as follows; the story's twist can be seen from a mile away, it's filled with jargon-big-word-rare adjectives and has an overdone theme by a 2020 standard. In all fairness, the author does know how to create an athmosphere and how to paint a very grim and realistic story.

5/10, Kind of bland to be honest.
-Miko