The Fireman
By
Joe Hill
2016 • 752 pages
Ratings42
Average rating3.7
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Ratings42
Average rating3.7
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I loved this book. It's about a post apocalyptic time where a spore that cause people to get what's called Dragonscale. Harper the loving nurse gets in while volunteering at the hospital. Jakob her jerk of a husband doesn't want anything to do with her after her finds out she is infected. So he leaves her pregnant and alone. She meats up with “the fireman” who has learned to control the scale. He takes her to Camp Wyndam, where there are others living with the scale. But, things are not always what they seem.
Mostly pleasant book, which is an odd, but accurate, descriptor for what is a plague narrative with all the accompanying social collapse. The ending jumps the shark and I thought the book lost momentum about 3/4s through.
This book was a slow burn and took almost half of it to get going. I still enjoyed it but found myself losing a bit patience in the first half. Saying that, it was still an interesting take on mob rule, us vs them mentality and what happens when people become scared of a section of humanity.
Entertaining story, but predictable in most parts. The ending was really obvious so I'm quite disappointed. However, overall, it was an OK book. I'm sure Joe Hill has released better books, so I'll try others out.
