I'm sorry, but the writing style is just too much. It feels like the "superflu" that killed 99% (it's always 99% isn't it?) of the population also killed 99% of Hig's brain. God, this was irritating me. There's no structure to his sentences and you have to struggle to figure out what's happening and...
In Peter Heller’s novel, Dog Stars, society has collapsed and the world as we know it has ended. Global warming is changing the environment and a virulent new strain of flu has decimated mankind. In the midst of the devastation a symbiotic relationship is formed between hardcore Bangley - a shoot ...
I have read some terrific books lately, but The Dog Stars might be my favourite. It's definitely in my top 10 of all time. Heller is also a poet, and his writing is both lyrical and succinct. Hig, having escaped a continent-wide fatal disease, now live with a tough, emotionally-stunted survivor na...
In a post-apocolyptic world where most of the population has been wiped out by disease and life is a kill or be killed prospect Hig lives at an airplane hanger east of what used to be Denver. He shares his home with his dog Jasper, a gun-toting sharpshooter named Bangley, and his memories. A pilot, ...
I listened to this one on audiobook and that probably was the way to do it. I read a few reviews in advance and noted that one reviewer found the language usage and syntax jarring and unsettling to the point that it detracted from their enjoyment of the book. In listening, I can see that because t...
There are books that I want to read, but have no intention of ever actually reading. These books have some appeal, but in my short life I only get to read so many books, so they shall forever remain on the bottom of the to-read pile, never to be read. Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars was one of these bo...
One of the good things about transatlantic flights is they give you the time to actually sit down and finish a book. I'd downloaded this one a while ago on the strength of its reviews (and its comparisons to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, both in linguistic style, length, and overall tone) but for var...
The Dog Stars came recommended to me by several apocalyptic-story loving friends, and after having it on my wishlist for more than a year, I thought it was time I read it for myself. At times it feels like The Dog Stars is trying to be TOO clever - it's certainly haunting and written in a unique way...
My sister and I are like twins born four years apart. She is my best friend and I would give her both of my kidneys. Yet, it hasn't always been this way. There was a time that even though we still felt obliged to love each other, we found we had little in common. Four years can be a serious obstacle...
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