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A novel about Iraq war written by an Iraq war U.S. army soldier.
I felt the book was a means of a healing process for the author. I thought it was ok, but was emotionally conflicted while reading it. I am glad I read it, though, it was interesting to learn about his perspective. The book lacked the ingredients of an enjoyable novel at many levels, but it was an easy read.

' A yellow bird
With a yellow bill
Was perched upon
My window sill

I lured him in
With a piece of bread
And then I smashed
His f***ing head . . . '

“There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.”

“Freedom is not the same as lack of accountability.”

“All pain is the same. Only the details are different.”

“All choices are illusions, or if they are not illusions their strength is illusory, for one choice must contend with the choices of all the other men and women deciding anything in that moment.”

“But I remember being told that the truth does not depend on being believed.”

“To understand the world, one’s place in it, is to be always at the risk of drowning.”

― Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds