A review by joanne_is_from_canada
Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
4.0
I don't remember how I heard about this one, but when I finally got around to reading it, I had no idea what it was about.
A diner is held hostage when an ex-military with a sniper rifle proceeds to pick them off one by one due to a long-standing animosity with the owners. The really sad thing about this book is not how terrifying the situation is (which it absolutely is), its how, even in this time of crisis, the people inside the diner continue their petty disagreements and jealousies and can't come together in the face of danger. They do things that could get the others killed because of selfish reasons, and instead of working together, they actively work against each other.
A sad portrait of human nature at its worst.
A diner is held hostage when an ex-military with a sniper rifle proceeds to pick them off one by one due to a long-standing animosity with the owners. The really sad thing about this book is not how terrifying the situation is (which it absolutely is), its how, even in this time of crisis, the people inside the diner continue their petty disagreements and jealousies and can't come together in the face of danger. They do things that could get the others killed because of selfish reasons, and instead of working together, they actively work against each other.
A sad portrait of human nature at its worst.