Great writing about a little known time period

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	• The Last Town on Earth: A Novel Thomas Mullen Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 80 reviews view larger image
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Great writing about a little known time period

I enjoyed this book. Our book club read it. It was informative with regards to the flu epidemic, the wobblies, the war. Little is written about this time period as opposed to WWII era. Although I don't agree with some of the politics of the characters, I felt it was fair about showing different sides.Bottom line for me was that Utopia doesn't exist. Humans can have great intentions and ideas. However, fear and greed always manage to creep in during times of stress and tragedy. These human traits that make a utopian society impossible. Tragedy happens and evil exists on a very real level. All we can do is try to stay on the right side even when the line gets blurry.That is what I took from this book.

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Quietly frightening

I read Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic, as well as Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It, so was interested in the premise of this work of historical fiction. During the Spanish flu epidemic, a small logging town quarantines itself from the world, refusing to allow anyone into the village.

The story is interesting, weaving German spies, conscientious objectors, and the political climate of WWI into the underlying story of human values.

It's a quiet book -- even with many emotional conflicts, it never gets loud or bombastic. I enjoyed it, although a few bits went on a trifle long.

Recommended!

Lori Anderson

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You Can't Hide From The Flu...

Before starting this book I read most of the reviews here. I was expecting the first few chapters to be fantastic, then waited for the author to drop the ball, as a bunch of reviewers here said he did. However, I don't think he did. Yes, after the first few chapters, things slow down for a while, but stick with it. About the middle of the book is when things really start to get good.

I can't help but wonder if the reviewers who admitted to never finishing this book, yet still rated it poorly, would have given it the same rating if they'd actually READ it. Now, I'm not going to summarize the story here, as it's already been done many times, but if you're interested in reading this, I absolutely recommend it. It's a fascinating, and scary look at what can happen to a town, to friends and neighbors, when tragedy and illness hit. The fingers that start pointing, the accusations that are tossed around, and people showing their true colors when they feel their lives are being threatened.

I think Mr. Mullen did a wonderful job with this book. I found it to be well written, and the few main characters were very well developed. Don't let yourself be swayed by negative reviews from folks who didn't even finish the book, like I almost was. Just read it for yourself, and you'll see what a great story this is. I definitely look forward to more from this talented author.

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