I read this novel when it first came out in 2006 or so. I was teaching for my first year in Baltimore and I read this novel is my bare-ass room in a basement apartment in Baltimore. I had recently read and reviewed No Country for Old Men, and so the spare details of the novel and it’s subject was a lot to take. This time around I listened to the audiobook while I cleaned out my gross ass basement. Like super gross. Bugs. Spidewebs. Muck. […]
“They bred dogs for everything else…why didnt they breed them to live longer?”
Yet another post-apocalyptic novel set in the not too distant future. I know. It’s like every fifth book written these days is set during the end of humanity. I suppose that says something about the fatalism of America in a post 9/11, post-truth world. But this isn’t the Walking Dead. There isn’t a zombie in sight, in fact. The Dog Stars is more The Thin Red Line meets The Road. It’s a somber reflection of the end of the world, at times haunting and told in a lyrical […]
I’m Not Going to be Able to Sing That Bruce Song the Same Way Again…
Imagine waking up in the morning, going outside and the sun hasn’t come out. It’s completely dark, so much so that even at night, there are no stars in the sky. That’s the scenario our characters find themselves in the book Darkness at the Edge of Town by Brian Keene. As if that isn’t horrifying enough, the darkness seems to be almost like a dome over the small town of Walden, WV. There is no electricity, radios only play static, nothing can get in and […]
Here I go again on my own.
Going down the only Road I’ve ever known! I know, I know, that was super cheesy. But, if you’d read this book, you’d want to find some sort of humor, too. (Apparently, you have to click through to view just this post to click on the link to my review.)