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A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher

7 reviews

randirambles17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I had trouble sleeping because I was thinking about what would happen next in the story. It is gripping, well-written, and cuts to the heart of humanity in a beautiful and painful way. The twists and turns in the story are realistic and unexpected. 

I love everything about this book and will be reading it again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Abortion and Incest

effervescent_4909's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Might not be for everyone but I really enjoyed it. Not a fast pace but still had regular bursts of excitement and drama. A few gasp out loud moments. A bit slow in the middle but I really enjoyed the first chunk and the plot twist at the end. Felt all wrapped up a bit quickly at the end but things were mostly tied up well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexism

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, Child death, and Kidnapping

maulikki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Well written story about getting your dog back. The imagery of the nature-claimed world is immersive. A good mix of plot and character. And dogs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Sexism, Rape, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Miscarriage

jo_22's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This started good but got better and better with a few great twists towards the end (and all wholesome even though it is a dark book). There was a lot of anticipation and suspense throughout the book. Times when I was heartbroken and “wanted to look away” or stop listening, since I read this on audiobook. 
I liked Griz and the dogs, I liked how things tied together and how there was some breaking of the fourth wall / commentary 
The book is emotional and dark yet also hopeful and a refute of nihilistic views towards the end of the world. 
Would oddly compare it a bit to Fredrick Backman books even though this has more danger & death. Both write about humanity, morality, purpose & meaning, love/family/relationships, bonds with animals, ethics, religion, imagination/stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Death, Kidnapping, Confinement, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

amnda527's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

nata_c's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death, Rape, Trafficking, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

a_robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Review:

The first half was very slow, I would have given that 3 stars. The second half was much better, so that would have been a 4 stars. I really liked the ending. 

The story itself was very interesting and good. Especially the concept. It was also pretty haunting to think about.

I would have liked to have a little bit more explanation of the past and what happened there.

I really loved all of the characters, they were very awesome. Jip was one of my favorites.

The twists near the end were very good and the foreshadowing earlier in the book were also well done.

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I'm currently reading A boy and his dog at the end of the world by C.A. Fletcher. I was craving sci-fi, so I picked this up at the library. 

It's really good and pretty creepy so far. Would probably give it 4, maybe even 5 stars.

I didn't love this as much as I hoped. That was mainly because the first half of the story was very slow. Nothing really happened and the worldbuilding wasn't enough and interesting enough to keep it interesting for me. I would have given the book 3 stars if it wasn't for the second half. There the pace picked up and it became very intriguing. I would have given that part 4 stars, so my final rating is 3,5 stars. I highly recommend this if you like dystopian stories that are more slow and have very good characters and an interesting world. Another one of my favourite characters is in this: the dog Jip. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Violence