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The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

7 reviews

naluminum's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved how even though the two point of views of the fox, Snow, and the detective,  were unrelated for the majority of the plot, it was curious and intriguing to watch the threads connect between their narratives. I love stories about spirits and to have this story told from the point or view of one, a spirit who sees the good in people despite her experience with some of the worst of people and her grief that drives her for most of story is beautiful. I loved the way the foxes cultivated the mystery around themselves and the variety of ways that people were affected by the fox spirits. I do wish that the author had specified  the magical skills that foxes can use more than that they can exert their will onto humans and turn into foxes and take away people yin and yang (but only if they study that particular skill). I found the ending of this story very fulfilling even though not every mystery was solved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement

scmiller's review against another edition

hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Grief, Hate crime, Animal death, Classism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

uranaishi's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Trafficking, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Pedophilia, War, and Alcohol

skyebird16's review

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Sexism, Murder, and Classism

hamohero's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Classism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Mental illness

bibliomich's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I requested an ARC of The Fox Wife after reading an excerpt in NetGalley's BuzzBooks sampler. I was instantly captivated by Choo's beautiful prose, as well as the world she created.

Both of these elements continued to be two of my favorite aspects of The Fox Wife, an ambitious novel with a tremendously large cast of characters, alternating POV chapters, and multiple timelines, all of which culminated in a dramatic conclusion.

I'll admit, this novel was a challenge to read. The every-other-chapter shifts between Snow's first-person narration and Bao's third-person perspective were a little jarring. Additionally, there were so many characters and details to keep track of. I felt that I needed to be taking notes as I went along. With that said, I loved Choo's style of writing, and I was intrigued by the story the whole way through. Without giving anything away, I will also add that I loved the resolution and was quite happy with the direction the author chose to take the story in the end.

What I loved:
- Choo's incredible storytelling abilities and beautiful writing
- the fox folklore, and the way it was seamlessly woven into the story
- the ending
- Yangsze Choo's lovely narration of the audiobook

Thank you to NetGalley for my advanced copy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Classism, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Violence and Murder

crystalisreading's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Child death, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Classism, Sexism, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Genocide and War