The Fireman: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01COQZWTQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 465 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sarah said 3.5 Stars Possible spoilers aheadThe first half of this book starts out fantastic. We see the slow decline of mankind and experience it with the main character, Harper. I can't really think of any disease more terrifying than one that could cause you to spontaneously combust without any sort of warning. I liked Harper for the most part, but she was pretty generic. Kind of a cardboard cut out nurse.Of course, at about the halfway point, we do meet the thing more terrifying than the disease that causes you to spontaneously c. .5 Stars. Possible spoilers aheadThe first half of this book starts out fantastic. We see the slow decline of mankind and experience it with the main character, Harper. I can't really think of any disease more terrifying than one that could cause you to spontaneously combust without any sort of warning. I liked Harper for the most part, but she was pretty generic. Kind of a cardboard cut out nurse.Of course, at about the halfway point, we do meet the thing more terrifying than the disease that causes you to spontaneously c. Cheryl Stout said Masterful (and I don't use that word lightly). I read and review a LOT of books. Very rarely am I lucky enough to read one that figuratively punches me in the gut. I've held off a couple of days from reviewing THE FIREMAN because I wanted to think about the story and the review I was going to do on it.I LOVED THIS BOOK! I was lucky enough to get an Advanced Reading Copy of it but I have already pre-ordered a hardcover for my library. I actually might order two - one to keep in pristine condition on my library shelf and another that I already plan on re-readin. "Flashes of Brilliance Amid a Curiously Slow and Predictable Plot" according to Joe Terrell. The Fireman squanders a great premise (a spontaneous combustion plague) with some curious pacing issues. The first act is wonderful as author Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) explores society's downfall with some ingenious pop culture references (Glenn Beck AND J.K. Rowling bite the dust in this one). However, once our protagonist - a pregnant nurse infected with the dragonscale - finds safe haven in a cult-like camp of other infected individuals, the plot grinds to a halt.At 750 pages, The Fireman is a big book. U
From the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box comes a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes and a band of improbable heroes who battle to save it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man known as the Fireman. Convinced that his do-gooding wife has made him sick, Jakob becomes unhinged and eventually abandons her as their placid New England community collapses in terror. Harper Grayson, a compassionate, dedicated nurse as pragmatic as Mary Poppins, treated hundreds of infected patients before her hospital burned to the ground. But Harper isn't as alone as she