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Femton Hundar

André Alexis

3.82 AVERAGE

issydee's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad 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

This is the only book I've asked my girlfriend to read. It has been two years and she still has about 15 pages left to go. Anytime I ask her if she'll finish it, she starts to cry; she only need think of it superficially and it still pierces her so deeply. I think that sums up my emotions. Dog damn.

lexienoffke's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

izzwizzer's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

slynn's review against another edition

3.0

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

silvestris's review against another edition

5.0

Very good read! It really makes you think about things, and humanity.
I won't quite look at my dogs the same way again.

gasguzzler's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

danichar's review against another edition

4.0

Some beautiful reviews already written concerning the book’s features, series, setting, sensory and emotional quality. Mine is a bit more interpretive, peering beneath the hood (as I perceive it!) of a Trinidadian-born author. A work of Caribbean-Canadian speculative fiction, Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs is a thoughtful and gutturally honest read that I’m still thinking with as an allegory for the Caribbean post-colonial state. The original poems scattered throughout are inspired and a feat in themselves. The conditions of the wager, a key plot point in the book, is something I’m still sussing out for its potential problematics — my rating, 4.5 stars.