Review: Great story about a dog and the end of the world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2012
I wasn't sure what to think when I started reading Bones. I mistakenly thought it was about a dog making its way through a zombie apocalypse. I'm not sure what gave me that idea because it isn't. There were four stories in this anthology and the first three develop an overall arch for the police dog. The first sets up a threatening apocalypse, the second destroys California and the third finally follows through with the end of the world.What Wheaton (the screenwriter of horror movies, Friday the 13th and The Messengers) does here is really make you care about Bones. He cares little for the humans, although Bones is intently protective of those who take charge of him, but it is Bones that we follow from the beginning to the touching, heartbreaking end.There is also a fourth story here that is a flashback to when Bones was younger and on full time police duty. It comes at the end, almost to let you leave the book with a smile instead of a tear. However, it is nowhere near as strong as the first three stories. This was a great read and I have to recommend it to anyone who wants a good, well told story.