The Pharmacist

3.5 rounded up. This is a post apocalyptic tale told from the perspective of Sarah Wolfe, one of the pharmacists in the bunker. She does what she can to help while waiting for the world to heal whilst the inmates do the best to survive below. She is closest to Dr Stirling, her assistant Levitt and a......more

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 consta......more

Set in a post apocalyptic future where survivors live in bunkers waiting for the outside world to be safe again. Sarah Wolfe a young woman is the Pharmacist who dispenses medication and deals with minor ailments until she becomes unwillingly involved in the leaders paranoid schemes to eliminate rival......more

(2.5* rounded up because of the cover) The Pharmacist follows Wolfe, one of the pharmacists in a bunker as her dull life administering meds for her fellow residents is disrupted by a request from their mysterious Leader. The premise sounds very cool and Atalla manages to create a claustrophobic ambia......more

A very claustrophobic book. Sarah Wolfe is one of the pharmacists in the bunker. We learn that there was a war and people are sheltering because of radioactive fallout. Wolfe got her place in the bunker because she is needed. People live in very close quarters and have limited resources, except for t......more