A review by lbw
Until the Last Dog Dies by Robert Guffey

3.0

2.75-3 stars. I wanted to like this a lot, but it was more “good enough” than “great.”

The first 1/4 or so seems like it’s leading up to an exploration of the disease that destroys humor, but then that storyline appears to be dropped. However, it’s not until near the end when the book ends right after the 2016 election that I realized the story is probably a comment on modern society and that maybe the appearance of dropping the disease storyline was to make the reader experience the disease in some way. The old comic’s musing that he always thought the apocalypse would happen without anyone knowing is going to stick with me, but the story does end on a somewhat hopeful note.