Reviews

Cow Girl by Kirsty Eyre

youmeandem's review

4.0

highkey i want every book that i read from now on to be about lesbians in a field with a bunch of cows bc everything else simply won't withstand

sarahstanton's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

scientistwhoreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

ingridboring's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

katie_elvira's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

Listened to as an audiobook.

This was, for the most part, a really enjoyable listen and I think the humour was up my street. It was definitely light and a bit silly and quite predictable (I guess almost everything that happened) but I still enjoyed it. However right at the end there's some casual transphobia that's pretty much played off as a joke, and given how much homophobia is a theme through the book and very much addressed and heartfelt, the unaddressed transphobia that didn't add anything to the plot left me with a huge sour taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Minor: Transphobia

reading_kapibara's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

tonyriver's review

4.0

An easy to read and enjoyable rom-com style novel. I enjoyed the story, I was pleased to guess some of the directions the story might take and enjoyed the challenges presented to the protagonist and her journey through quite a few challenges and discovering her strengths.

Fun and insightful.

ciaran_louise's review

3.0

If framed as a personal growth narrative, then I enjoyed this book's lightheartedness, humor, queerness, and portrayal of the urban/rural cultural divide. Unfortunately, it was marketed as a romance book, and as such it was quite a disappointment. While I could tell which character was being set up to be the protagonist's romantic interest, there was barely any relationship development or even chemistry between them. And waaay too much of the narrative was devoted to the annoying first girlfriend.

misha_ali's review

2.0

I wouldn't have known this was a comedy if it hadn't been explicitly stated in the description. Honestly, it felt more like a tragedy with all the loneliness, heartbreak, and trauma Billie's carrying around, not to mention the satire levels of homophobia.

I usually enjoy the love stories (enemies to lovers can be amazing if done right), but even that was underdeveloped.

I'd normally have given this three stars but deducted a star for the ridiculous levels of transphobic nonsense which really shouldn't have passed the edit phase for a book in 2020.

elliesienk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.75