Reviews with content warning for Animal death - The Blue Fox

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deathmetalheron's review

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Definitely a very thoughtful with a lot of thought out into its presentation. It's a very interesting story that dabbles with some hard topics, including intellectual disability and family rejection. The presentation is the most interesting part, I like to think the short pages with text in the middle symbolize the white wilderness of Iceland while on the hunt.
Its enjoyable and thoughtful but not outstanding--by the end I didn't get a "wow" effect so much as an "ah, okay." Not overly profound but unique at the very least.
I would recommend it if you want something that breaks up conventional writing and if you need a fast read (it's even shorter words wise than you'd expect 115 pages to be). I would also note that the magical realism/fantasy element is very, very light and I honestly wouldn't categorize the book as fantasy at all.

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cecim17's review against another edition

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sylvieleggatt's review against another edition

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dark mysterious

Loveable characters? No

2.25

I hope foxes everywhere avoid this book

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scroquis's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

2.5

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jennswan's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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adriennne's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

4.0

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chrissysbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I don't really know where to put this book. It's challenging, raw and unlike anything I've read before. The words used to describe those with Down syndrome bothered me, but as the book is set in the 1880s, I guess the author used the time-appropriate phrases. I really enjoyed the plot twist at the end and especially hated Rev Baldur. I think I'll take a few days to process this book and I'm interested to see how others thought of it. Definitely worth a read, maybe I should reread it a little later to better understand the details of it.

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