Breathe To Read

Breathe To Read

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Book: Burn

 Book: Burn

Author: Peter Heller

Pages: 304


This is my 143rd read for the year

This is the story of Jess and Storey.  They have spent time in the woods on their annual trip - away from everyone but nature.  They emerge to find all the towns on their route burned to the ground.   Maine has fallen to succession mania - following in the footsteps of other states.  After running out of gas, Jess and Storey are forced to walk and find food to try and get home.  They are finding that leaving the state of Maine is almost impossible.  Their route becomes more complicated when they find a little girl hiding among some rubble of a town and are determined to get her back to her family.  

This book was just strange.  I have read other Heller books and have liked them, but this one I just could not get into.  It was a bit of a slog.  It was way too vague in a lot of ways.  The book is half flashback to Jess and Storey's childhood which I found unnecessary in a short book.  Just when the main story got going, the author would flash back for pages and pages making me lose interest in the whole thing.  The ending was unsatisfatory.  

Stars: 2.5


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