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The Pharmacist
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4.5 stars
A perfect storm of nihilism, existential angst, and ennui. The Pharmacist brilliantly captures the true horror of daily existence in a fallout shelter or bunker.
It's bad enough that the residents of the bunker have no privacy, no way to express their individualism, and live a life of constant scarcity. What makes it worse is the festering paranoia and wastefully decadent lifestyle of the Leader. It's essentially Snowpiercer meets Silo. In other words, darkly depressing, and, as so many other reviewers have pointed out, claustrophobic.
That said, it is a great book. Atalla's writing is terrific. Sharp, on point, capturing emotion and setting effortlessly. It isn't an easy story to read, but told with a rare and impressive competence resulting in a read that is ultimately both thought-provoking and rewarding.
A perfect storm of nihilism, existential angst, and ennui. The Pharmacist brilliantly captures the true horror of daily existence in a fallout shelter or bunker.
It's bad enough that the residents of the bunker have no privacy, no way to express their individualism, and live a life of constant scarcity. What makes it worse is the festering paranoia and wastefully decadent lifestyle of the Leader. It's essentially Snowpiercer meets Silo. In other words, darkly depressing, and, as so many other reviewers have pointed out, claustrophobic.
That said, it is a great book. Atalla's writing is terrific. Sharp, on point, capturing emotion and setting effortlessly. It isn't an easy story to read, but told with a rare and impressive competence resulting in a read that is ultimately both thought-provoking and rewarding.
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