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Unlikely Animals

Annie Hartnett

4.18 AVERAGE

ellijh's review

4.0

Olipa ihana ja sympaattinen tarina elämästä, kuolemasta ja rakkaudesta. Pidin!

Päähenkilö Emma palaa takaisin lapsuudenkotiinsa, pieneen kaupunkiin New Hampshiressä. Hänen täytyy kotona kohdata perheensä ja isänsä, joka sairastaa parantumatonta aivoja rapauttavaa sairautta ja saa hänet hallusinoimaan eläimiä sekä näkemään kaupungin 1800-luvulla eläneen zoologin haamun.

Kertojana tässä toimii paikallisen hautausmaan kuolleet - kaupungin edelliset asukkaat, joiden tehtävänä on pitää huolta kaupungin nykyisistä asukkaista sekaantumatta liikaa heidän elämiinsä. Heidän kommentointinsa kirjan tapahtumiin oli hauska lisä kirjan kerrontaan!

Tunteikas ja sydämellinen premissi saa pienen lisämausteen Emman lapsuudenystävän katoamisesta.

Nauroin ja itkin ja hymyilin. Ihanan täynnä elämää, vaikka kuolema onkin koko ajan läsnä - tai ehkä juuri sen takia.
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sydneydwalker's review

5.0
emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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
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maddi_o_ok's review

5.0

This is without a doubt my new favorite novel. I loved it so thoroughly I have nothing negative to say. Every character was so well-developed. There’s love, mystery, absolute hilarity, tenderness, sadness, a little magic, a bunch of animals, and some ghosts. The whole novel is narrated by the inhabitants of the local graveyard, as a matter of fact. Please read this book. It will give you all the right feels. ❤️

milanamay1394's review

3.0
dark sad fast-paced
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jenswin's review

5.0

I really liked this funny, quirky story! Light-hearted but not without depth, a good plot twist and wrapped up ending! Kind of makes you want a pet fox

dorothycowan's review

4.25
funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ve had the hardest time trying to describe this book to friends but what I can say is it was a fun, quirky, worth while read. It’s got magic, drugs, death, animals, ghosts, relationships, teaching, mystery. 
Once I read the Authors Note and Acknowledgments at the end it made sense as to why it had so many elements that seemingly didn’t fit together but were still fun to read. 

fenneckie's review

3.0
funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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rangerkarli's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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chadzuber's review

3.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

linzibug's review

4.25
funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes