Review: Great book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
At the end of the the first wasteland book (The Old Man and the Wasteland) the author wrote "God willing we'll hear more from the Old Man". Well, at the end of the book I thought, "God willing we'll hear more from the Boy" and I wanted that even more so than after reading the first book. I loved both books but felt there was so much more to develop with respect to the Boy's character. When posting this review, I see the third book is out (The Road is a River)...so I get both wishes :-) The only real frustration I had about this book is that I wished Boy talked more...this was more from me imagining what I'd do if I was Boy and from a selfish desire to learn more about what other characters knew about the world from that dialog. However it remains true to the character...why "would" he be chatty when he doesn't really trust others and spent most of his life listening to advice from Sergeant Presley. IMHO, his imaginings of what Sergeant Presley would have said to him at any given point and the gradual lessening of those imaginings was one of the best and most unique parts of the book.