The dust can be felt in the air, as you gritted your teeth full of embitterment and desolation.
John Bartle is the young US private who narrates the story. Most of the afternoons after returning from Iraq, he sits on the roof of his house and with the telescopic view of his gun seems to continue his patrolling in his homeland.
Later, we learn about the sensitive Murph, fragile and totally-unsuitable for the madness that surrounds war. Talking about madness, we meet Sargeant Sterling, and for some moments we forget he is only 26 years-old.
We strugle to survive with our narrator, trying to keep our minds away for the uncontrolled violence. When Bartle takes a decision that will torment him for the rest of his life, we question ourselves if his motives were not good enough for his ultimate redention.
"We were not destined to survive. The fact is we were not destined at all. The war would take whatever it could get. It was patient."
Ana Ovejero
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