What Have We Done

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This book outlines the moral consequences of war on the participating soldiers. It is concerned only with the impact on U.S. soldiers. Donnie rushes into the ship’s performance hall and is greeted by several exasperated expressions, the most prominent from their singer, Tom Kipling.

Sure, I didn’t find the characters likable at the beginning or in the end. I didn’t see much redemption to their characters in the epilogue. But what I liked and would recommend this book for was the action/suspense/mystery. It’s a change of pace from the last two books, but on its own merits I enjoyed it. I’m hoping it makes it to the big screen so I can watch it with my hubby. I’m pretty sure he’d like it!

Rachael’s Review

I read Finlay’s book, The Night Shift, and I liked that one too. I critiqued that one for having ‘a lot’ of swearing but it actually had less f-words than this one. The more I read, the more I realize my perspective on ‘a lot’ has somewhat shifted. There is definitely a difference between books with 60+ f-words and ones with 30. He says when you have to kill someone never look them in the eye because it stays with you forever. 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.

Alex Finlay is the pseudonym of an author whose works include Every Last Fear, What Have We Done, and The Night Shift. Finlay currently lives in Washington, D.C. They fall in line, shooting into the pit, and passing the gun along to the next person. The last person to shoot, “the only gentle soul at Savior House group home,” has “tears streaming pale vertical lines down his dirty face.” After he takes his shot, they all drop to their knees and manually push the sodden dirt into the pit. The author also uses the word “healing”. I much prefer this. One has to go through a moral healing – which may take several years. Though the trauma from Savior House has never left them, each went on to successful, if troubled, lives. They haven’t seen each other since they were teens, but now are reunited for a single haunting reason: someone is killing them one by one.

Of course I can play.” He climbs into his shirt and jeans flung on the floor. Grabbing the handle to his guitar case, he charges out of the cabin. What Have We Done is both an edge-of-your seat thriller and a gut-wrenching coming-of-age story. And it cements Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in thrillers today. Overall, while I did not dislike Alex Finlay's What Have We Done, I wasn’t quite bowled over by it. But I am eager to read more from Alex Finlay in the future. I really hope he gives us another book featuring FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller (from The Night Shift and Every Last Fear). A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. What Have We Done is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a gut-wrenching coming-of-age story. And it cements Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in thrillers today.