Reviews

The Blue Fox by Sjón

lwb's review against another edition

4.0

Powerful little piece; highly recommended

omgitsmandy's review against another edition

4.0

Beautiful and reminiscent of Iceland and the cold climate there. Read kind of like a long poem in the way it was written and the words it used. Would recommend to read on a cool winter's eve.

nikolai_k's review against another edition

4.0

♫ Oh, baby listen now
I've made up my mind
I'm tired of wasting all my precious time
You've got to be all mine, all mine
Foxy lady
Here I come ♫

baileyana's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

amjammi's review against another edition

3.0

This book came recommended by Bjork. That fact alone tells you everything you need to know.

atilatamarindo's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Definitely a very thoughtful with a lot of thought out into its presentation. It's a very interesting story that dabbles with some hard topics, including intellectual disability and family rejection. The presentation is the most interesting part, I like to think the short pages with text in the middle symbolize the white wilderness of Iceland while on the hunt.
Its enjoyable and thoughtful but not outstanding--by the end I didn't get a "wow" effect so much as an "ah, okay." Not overly profound but unique at the very least.
I would recommend it if you want something that breaks up conventional writing and if you need a fast read (it's even shorter words wise than you'd expect 115 pages to be). I would also note that the magical realism/fantasy element is very, very light and I honestly wouldn't categorize the book as fantasy at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Confinement

Moderate: Animal death

guanz's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

texreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A hunter sets out to hunt a blue fox, a vixen. But when a blizzard arrives, rather than do the sensible thing, he keeps following the fox for which there are consequences. Meanwhile, a gentleman comes upon a simple woman who has been obviously sexually abused en route to who knows where so he takes her in and they take good care of one another. What we don’t know until the end is who is the hunter and what is the fate of the fox. This book has received a major Nordic award and rave reviews. The ending left me not caring at all and why I rate it only so-so.

michala_14's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0