The Wolfhound Century: Radiant State (Series #3) (Hardcover)

from bcquinnsmom

From its powerful first sentence, "The war tried to kill us in the spring" to the last harrowing page of this novel, Kevin Powers offers his readers haunting images of the war in Iraq. The battles, however, don't stop for army Private John Bartle just because he leaves Iraq; they continue long af...

from PilgrimJess

"There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true." The narrator of is a twenty-one year old US private, John Bartle, who befriends an even younger soldier, Murphy, and makes an impulsive promise to Murphy's mother before heading out to war in Iraq. The pl...

from jnwelch

In [The Yellow Birds], author [Kevin Powers] packs a lot of punch into a slim novel. It principally is about 10 months in the lives of Bartle and Murph and Sergeant Sterling, from military training in New Jersey to battling in Al Tafar, Iraq in 2004, and then the aftermath. It manages to eloquent...

from richardderus

Rating: 4.75* of five The Book Description: "The war tried to kill us in the spring," begins this breathtaking account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the...

from nomadreader

The basics: Set in Iraq in 2004 and the months after, The Yellow Birds tells the story of two soldiers, Private Bartle and Private Murphy, who meet at training camp. My thoughts: This novel's opening chapter is a visceral depiction of war. As I read it on the bus, I found myself crying and trying...