The dog stars book review6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly every sentence is simply written and beautiful– but the novel’s setting is eerie and strange enough to keep you interested. ![]() He does an impeccable job with Hig’s first-person narration. This book kind of feels like a cross between a Hemingway story and AMC’s The Walking Dead. Of course, there’s a pretty dramatic plot climax that comes later (that I won’t ruin for you,) but the beauty of this book doesn’t come from suspense or drama. You’ll feel like you’ve known Hig and Jasper your whole life, and like their every day musings are yours. There isn’t a lot of exciting plot action in an post-apocalyptic world, but if you push through a little bit of boring at the beginning, you’ll get too involved to quit. The first two chapters or so move a little slow, but trust me, it’s worth it to keep reading. The story is focused around its narrator, Hig, a former pilot from Colorado holding up in an abandoned airport hangar, accompanied only by his militant neighbor Bangley and his dog, Jasper. The novel is set in a type of post-apocalyptic America– most of the world’s population has died in a flu pandemic. So, I was hesitant when a friend recommended Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars to me. ![]() I do my best to keep up with the stuff on the Best Sellers table at Barnes and Noble, but somehow, a lot of contemporary fiction still comes up short for me. I’m a huge sucker for classic literature. ![]()
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