when: start 4/1/13 end 4/9/13
how: as an ebook on my ipad (purchased through the Boulder Bookstore of course--must support the local independent bookseller!)
thoughts: This is another post-apocalyptic story akin to The Road, but set in Erie, Colorado. The main character lives at the Erie airport, flies a plane to patrol the area looking for intruders, and shares the airport with another survivor of the flu that took almost everyone. It was fun to be able to visualize all the places mentioned in the book since most of it takes place in Boulder County. In the center of the text is not a father/child relationship like in The Road, but a man and his dog and also a friendship with the other man who is also living at the Erie airport. Hence, the story is a bit less painful and heartbreaking than The Road (though The Dog Stars definitely has its moments), and I was pleased in the end that the final image of the characters is a hopeful one. There is hope for this world.
Click on the image to get to some information about the book on NPR.
review haiku:
most dead by the flu
the few who remain build a
new reality
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