Review: Inventive Approach
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 30, 2013
There has been an incredible surge in post-apocalyptic fiction in the past five to ten years (with zombies being the dominant vehicle for our world's demise). Much of the output have been guilty pleasures because they are, well .... not so good (this can be attributed to the double-edged sword of self-publishing). On the other end of the scale are superlative efforts like The Road, Zone One, The Last Policeman, and The Dog Stars. Bones falls somewhere in between but closer to a superior effort with plenty of guilty pleasure elements. Bones himself is a great character in the form of German shepherd police dog. Wheaton refuses to give Bones a faux human personality and instead makes him more credible in his actions and behaviours. What he does not sacrifice is Bones' loyalty in the face of three apocalyptic events. Using a very capable dog as the main character and placing him in these different scenarios is an inventive approach on a genre that I hope never grows stale or repetitive.