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julesadventurezone's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Medical content, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Vomit, Classism, and Alcoholism
rachelditty's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
This was such a fun little read. My grandma told me about this series when I saw her at Thanksgiving a few months ago, and she told me she missed her old copies that got lost. For Christmas, I got her an edition of this book from 1971, and she got me the newest edition from 2018. Can't wait to call her and tell her how much I enjoyed James Herriot's stories; he's got a great sense of humor, and I loved learning about his practice. I hope to pick up the rest of the series one day, too.
Some quotes I liked:
"It was easy to be a prophet of doom when the young men emerging from the colleges after a hard five years' slog were faced by a world indifferent to their enthusiasm and bursting knowledge," (p. 8).
"The sight of that man dancing frantically on his patient's ribs taught me a great truth--that I was going to look just as big a fool at fairly regular intervals throughout my career," (p. 37).
"It was as though he recognized something there--something of the strength and authority of t'owd doctor--and reached out eagerly toward the lost days," (p. 46).
"Yet what made him trail down that hillside every day in all weathers? Why had he filled the last two years of those two old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself?
It could only be love," (p. 285).
Some quotes I liked:
"It was easy to be a prophet of doom when the young men emerging from the colleges after a hard five years' slog were faced by a world indifferent to their enthusiasm and bursting knowledge," (p. 8).
"The sight of that man dancing frantically on his patient's ribs taught me a great truth--that I was going to look just as big a fool at fairly regular intervals throughout my career," (p. 37).
"It was as though he recognized something there--something of the strength and authority of t'owd doctor--and reached out eagerly toward the lost days," (p. 46).
"Yet what made him trail down that hillside every day in all weathers? Why had he filled the last two years of those two old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself?
It could only be love," (p. 285).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, and Alcoholism
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