November book

For November the staff reading group read The wildfire season by Andrew Pyper. Set in the wilds of Canada, it is the story of a group of forest firefighters, particularly their leader who has been devastated by a previous fire, and a bear. Some of the group found this book to be so depressing that they couldn't finish it. Some people finished it but didn't enjoy it and wouldn't recommend it and a couple of people liked it. The lead firefighter lost a crewmember and was badly burnt in a previous fire, which caused him to end his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend. We did not find him particularly sympathetic, in fact most of our sympathies lay with the mother bear whose cubs were shot. Better luck next month!