A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
2019 • 365 pages
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This is a real slow burn but enjoyable. To see my full thoughts check out my review video where i outline mt 3 likes and 3 dislikes - https://youtu.be/hSu_IRHukrk
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A fertility epidemic (slowly) wiped out 99.9999% of the world's population. The remaining survivors are scattered around the globe. Griz lives on a small, Scottish island with several family members and two dogs. When one of the dogs is stolen by a mysterious visitor, Griz sets off across the sea and barren landscape to bring the dog back home.
C.A. Fletcher paints a vivid picture of an abandoned, post-apocalyptic world, but this is a tough book to rate. I did not find Griz's story to be compelling...at all...until the final 10% of the book. It was a quick read and that excellent last section made the uninteresting journey somewhat worthwhile. I did appreciate that Fletcher's choice of narration style is part of the story and even pays off in the final pages.
If you like this book, there are a few genre-similar books that I also enjoyed: The Wolf Road, The Fireman, The Dog Stars, and Station Eleven.
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Other than the slightly annoying habit of foreshadowing doom in every other page this was a lovely little story with a cracking ending that I didn't see coming.
