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longingyearning's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
Funny and different… and I did find the characters lovable. Especially Mr and Mrs Fox…. The short stories in between made sense since Mr Fox is a writer. But at times I did feel that they were getting in the way of actually developing the storyline for the main characters. Also, I didn’t understand the end chapter “some foxes”. That could’ve been excluded.
kay_kay_marie's review against another edition
1.0
I love reading but this book has me dreading picking it up. Slow and confusing to be honest. I regularly wondered what in the world was going on. I'd start to understand and then the next chapter would start and the plot fell firmly out of my grasp again. I finally just gave up on it and didn't finish it (and that has only happened a handful of times in my entire life).
mollykernsclapp's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This night have been too much magical realism for me (something I never thought I’d say)
ccoyle7's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
breadandmushrooms's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
roxtar's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
This book is weird, beautiful and complicated.
avidreadr's review against another edition
2.0
did not finish this one. I literally could not understand what I was reading and felt zero interest in finishing this book. wanted to love it because of the cover.
epigramsfromnowhere's review against another edition
3.75
Beautiful beautiful prose but I’m not sure the concept really works. If this was a short story collection it would be 5 stars but the execution of the conceit mostly fell flat.
saraanneb3's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked what the author was trying to do and her writing is compelling, but like so many other readers, I just had no idea what I was reading. I loved one of her other books, so I'll probably try out more, but this one just didn't hit the mark for me.