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A review by seifknits
Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
3.0
1970s story with the POV of a 13-year-old boy whose parents are engaged in a scientific project to teach a chimpanzee to use sign language.
I enjoyed the book, but thought Oppel backed off a little at the end. At one point, I thought he was going to make a point about what language really is (and isn't), but he made a 90-degree turn and his point instead seemed to be about using animals for scientific research. Should have stuck with the language issue.
I enjoyed the book, but thought Oppel backed off a little at the end. At one point, I thought he was going to make a point about what language really is (and isn't), but he made a 90-degree turn and his point instead seemed to be about using animals for scientific research. Should have stuck with the language issue.