Reviews - Unlikely Animals

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Unlikely Animals

Annie Hartnett

4.18 AVERAGE

cftaren's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

evelow's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-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

jodibee's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-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

shananygans's review against another edition

1.0

I cannot understand the rave reviews of this book.
Was not invested in a single aspect & was eager for it to end.

asburris325's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful

mkmoore00's review against another edition

5.0

This is in the running for my favorite book of the year! And I've read a lot of good books this year!

Hartnett perfectly blended comedy and tragedy in a way I've never seen before. I would be crying, then turn the page and start laughing out loud. Everything that happened in this story was just ridiculous enough to be realistic. Lyss and I are still talking about different little details we enjoyed, like holding the clothes up to the phone for the psychic to smell or the rats trying to escape steerage.

I really enjoyed the magical realism element. If you want to be boring, you can choose to believe that there's a rational explanation for everything in the book. If you're fun, you believe Emma brought the bird back to life and the ghosts helped guide that last falling spotlight.

I've never read such an accurate description of how absurd it can be to be a young teacher. How much learning actually happened in Emma's class? Who knows. Mack's students hooting and hollering at the spaghetti dinner was incredible.

In the words of my favorite coworker Al: "If you can write a funny book about dementia, you know you're a good writer!" Very excited to read the rest of Hartnett's books!!

imchelsi's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-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

Annie Hartnett is a new insta-buy author for me! This book contained so much compassion for its characters, but did not shy away from the tragedies everyday people experience. This was full of heart and magic and all of the characters were so loveable, even with their flaws. Can't wait to read more from this author!