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3.5 stars
What the book summary said explains everything I love about Peter Heller books:

Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country’s political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.

Add to that the narration by my boyfriend, Mark Deakins, and I usually give 5 stars to Heller's books.

Usually.

But this one just didn't set my world on fire, although there's a lot of world burning in the book. Slow in parts, and the personal backgrounds of the two male friends did little to keep my interest.

Very good were the parts showing their current day relationship, to each other, to nature, and to some of the characters they encounter along their way.

Exemplary as usual was Mr. Deakins.

I had a NetGalley copy to read, couldn't get into it, so waited months for the audiobook. Heller's appeal is so much stronger when accompanied by Deakins.... did I mention he's the narrator?