What Have We Done

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Many combatants involved in these campaigns feel that they were conducted under false premises, and were additionally tainted by ignoble domestic and geopolitical political motivations, and ultimately question the meaning and validity of the mission. This type of moral wound is increasingly considered distinct from conventional PTSD diagnosis, which is more closely associated with the biological, psychological and social after effects of exposure to fear and danger. Tom gives a fleeting smile with that row of too-white teeth on his too-tan face. He’s like an old house with too many layers of paint. He takes a deep breath. “That’s just it, man. We’re not kids anymore.”

Artie: a tech billionaire who was a big nerd and spent lots of time at a neighbor's house doing computers as a kid I’ve got three ex-wives to support,” Tom interrupts. “My daughter’s in her second year at Berkeley. I need this job, man.” Nico: a successful reality show producer with gambling problem and with dangerous connections to Irish mob, finds himself at mine explosion ( another creative attempt of twins to get rid of him)After the meet-and-greet—the selfies and poster signing and awkward conversations with drunk people—the VIP room clears out and Tom calls him over. A fast-paced and edge of the seat thriller with a killer on the loose trying to eliminate the main characters. Five teenagers have a connection to the the Savior House, a home for orphans. The house was closed because of an abusive environment and due to several kids disappearing. Despite their sad circumstance of upbringing, they each became prominent citizens to some extent although the past haunts them because of their ugly secret they carried. Nico gets a text to meet someone in one of the mines. But it’s not his friend who shows up, it’s a woman who chases him further into the mine then leaves and detonates an explosive to cause the mine to cave in. Jenna understands. The other moms still haven’t taken to Jenna either. Simon always jokes that they’re intimidated by her looks. She doesn’t think it’s that, but she’ll keep trying. She smiles at Karen, the perfectly named queen bee of the neighborhood moms. The gesture goes unrequited. If you are like me, and you loved “Every Last Fear” 5 ⭐️ And “The Night Shift” 4 ⭐️, you probably auto-requested this book, like I did, without even reading the synopsis.

Other examples include healthcare professionals who have to make life and death treatment decisions based on administrative or financially oriented criteria rather than based on best practices. Brook's timely work brings up more questions than answers about the legitimacy of modern warfare. It always requires a good deal of bad faith, the failure to recognize we have other choices. This, then, is our greatest crime. I was not a fan of this book. It was told through multiple POVs, which I usually love (and which Finlay has done really well in previous books), but it was discombobulating here, especially when coupled with the time switches -- some kind of indicator in the heading about the section's timeframe (like a NOW/THEN) would be helpful and make the story seem slightly less jumpy. As our story begins, these kids are now adults. We follow Jenna, Donny and Nico as crazy things start happening to them. Someone is trying to take them out, but why? Could this be linked to their shared past? A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.

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As such, I believe David Wood's book will become one of the time-tested classics of the generational dialogue about war, trauma, and its effects. Moral injury refers to situations whereby an individual transgresses their sense of morality, ethics or values, to achieve a real or perceived necessity, but which ultimately elicits in a profound sense of ambivalence, guilt and shame in it’s aftermath. What Have We Done tells the story of Jenna and the friends she made when she became an orphan and was sent to the Savoir House for teenagers. During this time, the children there endured bullying, and then girls started to disappear. Pfft.” Tom grips the microphone, leaning as if he’s being held up by the stand. Donnie has a brief image of a younger man in the same pose. Even then, Tom was always bossing everyone around. The only thing that’s changed is Tom’s hair plugs, those white Chiclet teeth, and the tighter fit of his leather pants.

The author also uses the word “healing”. I much prefer this. One has to go through a moral healing – which may take several years. It is a good book, it reminds me that sometimes we need to care more for the people who fight the wars instead of the wars themselves. I am not anti-war, I am anti-losing those I loved and cared for during my time. We go there as one person, we leave as many. Their voices live on in me. Their families will always have my support until we meet again on the other side. The construct moral injury is becoming increasingly relevant in the aftermath of the protracted conflicts in the Middle East. To survive, the group will have to revisit the nightmares of their childhoods and confront their shared past–a past that holds the secret to why someone wants them dead. From Pulitzer Prize-­winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars.So the hot blonde psychopath twins are now going to kill everyone and bury them in a field, but then Donnie shows up from the treehouse and distracts them just enough that Jenna can run away, and the twins follow her, and then there is a RIDICULOUS fight scene, and because of Jenna's assassin skillz one of the hot twins accidentally kills the other hot twin with a cattle killer tube weapon that has been mentioned 1000 times, and then Jenna leaves the other twin injured, but still alive, in the woods because she's not a killer anymore. Then she helps Donnie and Nico bury Artie alive like five minutes later, so I guess she is still a killer? Explosive, whip-smart, and compulsively readable, What Have We Done sets a new high-water mark as Alex Finlay’s best thriller yet.”— Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Golden Couple And a bunch of peripheral characters that I don't feel like typing out. They'll come up eventually. Donnie is gigging on a cruise ship. One night while he’s particularly drunk, a woman forces him at gunpoint to jump off the ship in the middle of the ocean. From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood, a battlefield view of moral injury, the signature wound of America's 21st century wars.

Thanks to the author, St Martin's Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the ARC and audio copy. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review* that being said, i never felt like i wanted to stop reading and thats primarily because of the characters. theres just something about them that had me intrigued and curious about their stories. i do wish they had interacted together more, but i found them compelling enough as individuals to keep reading. Twenty-five years ago, when Ben, Art, Jenna, Donny and Nico, were kids, they all lived together in a group home called Savior House. As is sometimes the case, their time there was fraught with abuse and neglect. I am sure that this book will find its audience, but I don’t personally enjoy Action movies, 🍿or books with this type of plot-so this was a MISS for me.

To survive, the group will have to revisit the nightmares of their childhoods and confront their shared past―a past that holds the secret to why someone wants them dead. The story starts with some of the teens standing over a hole in the ground. Another bad thing has happened but this time who did the bad thing? Next we are meeting some of those teens as adults. And what adults they have become. Hugely successful in their chosen fields. It'd be hard to find a group of teens that could have soared to such heights except in a story such as this one. The foster children of Savior House never knew the peace of a normal childhood. Three close friends from the children's home – Jenna, Donnie, and Nico – were split up when they left those abusive halls.