What Have We Done

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Also interspersed through all this is a history of the “therapy” used to “help” returning troops readjust – from World War I, to Vietnam, and our current era. AFs previous two books are full of twists and turns, cleverly connected characters, and plots that keep the reader on the edge of their seat. this story has none of those. its honestly the most straightforward mystery/thriller i think i have ever read. the main past event is given away in the prologue and the current present day events are so obvious that im not really sure what the purpose of reading is. with the “whodunnit” and the “whydunnit” given away, i feel like theres really nothing left for the reader to discover. The book contains many strong ideas and there are poignant renderings of conversations with soldiers re-counting their experiences. Nico, Donnie, Ben, Art and Jenna ( four guys and a girl just like loser team) decide to fight against the monster and…. To save their lives, the group will have to revisit the nightmares of their childhoods and confront their past: a past that holds the key to everything.

He’s never been so happy to see rats. Scurrying, dirty, disgusting varmints that will unquestionably tear his flesh down to the bone if he dies. But for now, they’re a welcome sight: They’re alive. There’s still oxygen. Though the trauma of their childhood has never left them, each went on to live accomplished―if troubled―lives. They haven’t seen one another since they were teens but now are reunited for a single haunting reason: someone is trying to kill them. How badly you wanted another story featuring Special Agent Sarah Keller from Finlay’s last two books. I’m going to rip that bandaid off … she’s not in it. Sorry.And in a broader sense there is: loss of trust, loss of faith, loss of innocence. These can all have enduring, psychological, spiritual, social, and behavioural impact. Wood explores this concept of moral injury through the eyes of army and marine fighters he embedded with; clinicians who seek to define and treat the injury; pastors and chaplains home and abroad who have attempted to help and comfort these soldiers; and his own personal moral injury experiences as a war journalist. It is a fascinating angle and one I’d never really considered, strangely. That wars, particularly the amoebic 21st century wars without clear objectives and make Geneva convention stipulations seem quaint, are ripping apart our young soldiers moral strength. They betray their most important inner moral codes and forever feel shame. It seems obvious but this book goes into the details of why and how it’s not quite so simple. Because what do we do? Which brings me to the title.

They had to rely on each other— along with Benny, Arty, and others— to get through it until something caused the home to close down. They each grow to find their own success. Of course I can play.” He climbs into his shirt and jeans flung on the floor. Grabbing the handle to his guitar case, he charges out of the cabin. At the outset, stop defining veterans in terms of PTSD and 22 suicides a day. Recognize that it is all of us suffer moral injuries, not just those who served in the wars. Healing does not begin with pity. That’s weird. She’s not meeting anyone at class. She doesn’t really have any friends. The message is from an unfamiliar number. Maybe it’s the next wave of advertising technology. They not only read your mind on your social-media feed; now it’s your texts. Maybe it’s the person she met in class last week who was friendly to her, though Jenna doesn’t recall giving the woman her number. I prefer clean novels, but for some reason the swearing in this book didn’t seem as distracting as it often does.Wood's main point is that we never consider the psyhcological harm of war - asking human beings to put aside their morals and kill... and be okay with that. Unsurprisingly, through the hardship, they bonded. They were best friends. Their bond took on an even more ominous tone, however, after a particularly traumatic incident occurred in which they all played a part.