Trish's review
Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy
There is a lot of blood in this book--hunting, fighting, accidents, murders.
My favorite stories were: The Killing, Meltdown, and Refresh, Refresh.
The protagonist of The Killing is exceptionally well etched: a Vietnam vet who keeps his amputated foot in a bucket of formaldehyde in his taxidermy studio in the woods. His grandson is staying with him while his daughter gets pounded on by her latest swaggering boyfriend.
Meltdown dovetails with my apocalypse obsession (thanks for that, Adam Johnson). A terrorism drill leads to a meltdown at an Oregon nuclear power plant. Darren Townsend's parents were killed (his father was the plant manager) and Darren was called back from National Guard duty in Afghanistan to help with the clean-up. Now he's left his post and left the safe zone, riding his tricked out Harley through the hot zone, sleeping in his family's back yard bomb shelter.
The title story also takes place in Oregon and also touches...more
My favorite stories were: The Killing, Meltdown, and Refresh, Refresh.
The protagonist of The Killing is exceptionally well etched: a Vietnam vet who keeps his amputated foot in a bucket of formaldehyde in his taxidermy studio in the woods. His grandson is staying with him while his daughter gets pounded on by her latest swaggering boyfriend.
Meltdown dovetails with my apocalypse obsession (thanks for that, Adam Johnson). A terrorism drill leads to a meltdown at an Oregon nuclear power plant. Darren Townsend's parents were killed (his father was the plant manager) and Darren was called back from National Guard duty in Afghanistan to help with the clean-up. Now he's left his post and left the safe zone, riding his tricked out Harley through the hot zone, sleeping in his family's back yard bomb shelter.
The title story also takes place in Oregon and also touches...more
