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25 reviews for:
Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child
S. Craig Zahler
4.0 AVERAGE
25 reviews for:
Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child
S. Craig Zahler
4.0 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
I don't know where to start. This book is pure fun. Hug Chickenpenny will delight and resonate with readers long after the last page has been read! The story just kept getting better and better the further that I got into it. So many intriguing characters. Hug may have been the leading star of the story but not without some friendly help. There is George (Georgie) the caretaker and the one that gave Hug his name as well as Abigail and her family, which was actually Hug's family as well. Well the only family that Hug truly knew.
Hug may have looked different but for those that got to know him, he was unique. In a world of regulars, you want to be unique. Every moment of this book is to be savored. There was not a moment that I felt like I was disappointed. The ending was magical. It actually left me speechless. I just sat and took it all in. A book to be treasured always and forever.
Hug may have looked different but for those that got to know him, he was unique. In a world of regulars, you want to be unique. Every moment of this book is to be savored. There was not a moment that I felt like I was disappointed. The ending was magical. It actually left me speechless. I just sat and took it all in. A book to be treasured always and forever.
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway. First, I want to say that i love the cover art. It is so dark and intricate and interesting.
As for the book, it was weird and Roald Dahl-like and I loved Hug Chickenpenny. It is not a fairy tale with a happy ending and I am still not sure how I feel about that, but I think this book is meant to leave your feelings unresolved.
The one negative is that some of the vocabulary choices were quite repetitive. Multiple times things depended from other things, instead of just hanging. And no one steered a car-- they dialed the wheel, everytime. And everything was violescent. Also, I know he was an anomalous child, but not once was he called different, or any ot the other million adjectives available. I think the author chose to emphasize certain words to create a feeling but I found it to be a bit overdone.
As for the book, it was weird and Roald Dahl-like and I loved Hug Chickenpenny. It is not a fairy tale with a happy ending and I am still not sure how I feel about that, but I think this book is meant to leave your feelings unresolved.
The one negative is that some of the vocabulary choices were quite repetitive. Multiple times things depended from other things, instead of just hanging. And no one steered a car-- they dialed the wheel, everytime. And everything was violescent. Also, I know he was an anomalous child, but not once was he called different, or any ot the other million adjectives available. I think the author chose to emphasize certain words to create a feeling but I found it to be a bit overdone.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry....
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At present I may be sniffling a little bit after having finished this beautiful story about a very special anomalous little boy named Hug Chickenpenny.
As the novel opened I was getting a Basket Case (1982 horror) vibe but the story took a very different turn and instead turned into a Tim Burton-esque fantasy. As we follow Hug from his entry into this world as a misshapen, terrifying newborn orphan (his mother dies in childbirth), and watch him through trials and tribulations, we grow ever closer to, and fonder of, him by the day.
Having read previous books by Zahler, and knowing nothing about it but the name, this book was totally unexpected. It was such a profoundly emotional portrait of the titular character that I'm still a little bit perplexed by its intimacy and the lack of sheer physical brutality that I kept expecting from my prior experiences.
Hug Chickenpenny is still a brutal book but in a very different way. It could quite easily be read as a parable about how society treats people who are different and it works seamlessly on that level. But for me, it was more personal; I felt genuinely close to Hug, and protective of him, and this book will stay with me for a very long time.
As the novel opened I was getting a Basket Case (1982 horror) vibe but the story took a very different turn and instead turned into a Tim Burton-esque fantasy. As we follow Hug from his entry into this world as a misshapen, terrifying newborn orphan (his mother dies in childbirth), and watch him through trials and tribulations, we grow ever closer to, and fonder of, him by the day.
Having read previous books by Zahler, and knowing nothing about it but the name, this book was totally unexpected. It was such a profoundly emotional portrait of the titular character that I'm still a little bit perplexed by its intimacy and the lack of sheer physical brutality that I kept expecting from my prior experiences.
Hug Chickenpenny is still a brutal book but in a very different way. It could quite easily be read as a parable about how society treats people who are different and it works seamlessly on that level. But for me, it was more personal; I felt genuinely close to Hug, and protective of him, and this book will stay with me for a very long time.
This book was given to me by a friend and I was instantly drawn by it's unique name. But the story is just as unique, and beautifully so, and did make me shed a few tears. It was truly a weirdly lovely story, and I plan to read more by this author in the future!