A Canticle for Leibowitz

Half a century later this book's particular brand of nuclear anxiety seems a little cliche and silly--especially with regard to human deformity. Since it takes place mostly in an abbey it's not terribly surprising how few women there are in it, but I'm not crazy about the treatment of the two (three?) notable female characters in the book's third part. But despite its fault I thought the book was well worth reading, for the thoughtful, dry, darkly humorous tone throughout.

it's an okay story. It didn't really grab me all that much and I think that had to do with there seemed to be no clear path from the beginning to the story to the end. Humanity will survive but not on Earth? Or that humans on Earth will be transformed into creatures that thrive on radiation? I don't know. I'm just glad I can cross this off the 100 books that should be read.

Thankfully, the performer on the Audible version was really good! Which is why I gave this three stars instead of two.