Reviews

21st-Century Yokel by Tom Cox

nickimags's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

5.0

Loved this second time round but as a library audiobook. Really enjoyed his interview at the end especially when he said he loves audiobooks and really enjoyed reading his own book! :-)

jendev's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

luana420's review against another edition

5.0

I'd read Cox' Help the Witch before this and while one would think a loosely connected collection of autobiographical essays would be a far cry from a folk horror anthology, 21st Century Yokel's protagonists are as much the hillocks and ravines of Devon and Suffolk as any one of Cox or his friends and relatives.

The hills being characters to the extent that they are really makes the books feel like they share a DNA sequence. Devon is a place that feels ancient and unknowable, and yet part of every day life. That's a real tricky tight rope act to pull off, but Cox does it! The chippies and the ancient ruins, the black dogs of the moors and the dogging couples in motel car parks, they all feel of a piece with the landscape.

I'm very curious for Ring the Hill now!

nitroglycerin's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly amusing and well worth listening to Toms own narration of the book. His impressions of his own dad are hilarious and the book as a whole had me laugh out loud more than once. 

joanne_needle's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

aleatoirefrancais's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Tom Cox writes with such unexpected yet perfect language about nature, life, and everything. I didn't want this book to end. 

janedallaway's review against another edition

4.0

My first Tom Cox book. Won’t be my last. I enjoyed it, it made me laugh in places and wonder in others.

schopflin's review against another edition

4.0

Moments of pathos and overall good writing elevate this book above a diverting nature journal (not that there's anything wrong with that). The chapter on his Nan makes it special, if nothing else.

linda3's review

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.75

toomanybarts's review against another edition

2.0

Meh. Was drawn to it mainly due to the implied West Country setting. In the end it was just ramblings of wet walks and a little too much cat talk. Finished cos I’d started, but really didn’t get any more from this book and could have stopped 2 chapters in.