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Been a minute 🫣

The pace is starting to ripen now that Carr has set the historical, geopolitical, and military positioning stage.

“They were Christians . . . like the Godfather was a Christian.”

“The American debacle in Lebanon had begun . . . dressed in good intentions and humanitarian motives.”

“Lord forgive me, . . . for the hatred I feel for the humans who can do such a cruel but cowardly deed.”

I have complex feelings about this book at this point. I want so badly to be excited for Rye and Frankie but I’m just not…

Loved the deep pull Top Gun reference

I keep thinking about how this book deals with various forms of grief. It’s done a great job thus far of showing the evils, how ethical concerns can become gray areas when faced with unspeakable horrors, and the loneliness that come in war. I appreciate that the author kept integrity at the forefront of Frankie’s mind. I’m not sure where things will go from here but I’m excited to find out.

I’m surprised to say this but I think I like this book better than The Nightengale so far. I’m entirely captivated—I don’t want to put it down when I’m reading it and think about how much I want to be reading it when I’m doing other things. I can’t tell if it’s good storytelling or just bc it’s something different than I’m used to reading (Vietnam vs. WWII) but it’s much better than I expected.

“I had to give up my life in order to receive His life. This was not some platitude or cliche. The gospel was calling me to die.”

“If they were to intimately know even one Christian who lived differently, their misconceptions might be corrected, and they might see Christianity in a virtuous light.”

“And I silently vowed to God to love this babe, keep her safe from the harm and hate my and my family, and their families, had suffered. It stops with Honey. I closed my eyes and lifted a fierce declaration to God, to mankind.”