They say that in combat, the team that you live, train, and fight with become closer to you than your own family. Michael Pitre creates a story that shows how important that bond of brotherhood is even after returning home. Using his own experience in the Marines, “Fives and Twenty-Fives” is a realistic, yet fictional story about three such brothers and how they try to piece together their lives after returning home from war. Flashbacks throughout the book show what their lives looked like during war.
This book is a good one for those who desire a real-life view of what the war in Iraq has looked like. The author’s own experience infuses the book with a rawness that is a good reminder that just because our soldiers return home, doesn’t mean the return home the same.
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