i finished this book in only three days, something i haven't done for a long time; it's a fast read and i literally couldn't put it down. it has alot of elements i enjoy; poetic language, an epic story, fantastic setting, tension and suspense, a dog, and hope.
i had no idea when i picked it up and began reading where exactly it was set but i was imagining the erie airport. turns out i was right! post-apocalyptic erie, colorado. so it was an especially fun read since i could picture everything exactly. plus i find well written post apocalyptic tales particularly gut-wrenching. here's a bit i like...
"and for a time while flying, seeing all this as a hawk would see it, i am myself somehow freed from the sticky details: i am not grief sick nor stiffer in the joints nor ever lonely, nor someone who lives with the nausea of having killed and seems destined to kill again. i am the one who is flying over all of it looking down. nothing can touch me.
there is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. the reality and what it is like to escape it. that even now it is sometimes too beautiful to bear."
i had no idea when i picked it up and began reading where exactly it was set but i was imagining the erie airport. turns out i was right! post-apocalyptic erie, colorado. so it was an especially fun read since i could picture everything exactly. plus i find well written post apocalyptic tales particularly gut-wrenching. here's a bit i like...
"and for a time while flying, seeing all this as a hawk would see it, i am myself somehow freed from the sticky details: i am not grief sick nor stiffer in the joints nor ever lonely, nor someone who lives with the nausea of having killed and seems destined to kill again. i am the one who is flying over all of it looking down. nothing can touch me.
there is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. the reality and what it is like to escape it. that even now it is sometimes too beautiful to bear."
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