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Poika, myyrä, kettu ja hevonen by Charlie Mackesy

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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5.0

This was a wonderful piece of art that brought me to tears more than once in the span of half an hour. Beautifully illustrated with short and impactful vignettes. It weaves not a story but a moment in time filled with love comfort and friends. Absolutely perfect.

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4.0

To be honest, if I hadn’t read this while I was feeling emotionally vulnerable, I wouldn’t have thought it was very good. It reminds me of another book I didn’t particularly like called “The Alchemist”. Lots of little proverbs and sayings. Obviously the art is fantastic and beautiful; I love the style and the way they’re just sort of shapes and figures some of the time and then full watercolor illustrations at other times. I understand that perhaps the point of the book is not to be coherent or linear, but I did go in expecting a plot and not little platitudes about forgiveness and tea and cake. I’m giving it its flowers in terms of my star rating because I feel like the rating system is fairly arbitrary and useless when it comes to a book that does what it sets out to do, but that you didn’t particularly like. I like to leave my own opinion in the review, not the rating. TLDR; a good book if you like meditative, nonlinear storylines and have a fondness for woodland creatures. Don’t go in expecting a plot.