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therealdividedsky 's review for:
Three Bags Full
by Leonie Swann
Looks like the venue for book club doesn't have enough room for me this month, so I'll share my thoughts here.
The idea of this book (sheep solving a mystery) seems utterly silly. The sheep as characters, however, actually work very well. They react to events and understand them in a way that feels, well, sheepish. And I found that genuinely entertaining at times. Ultimately though, the plot meanders and gets lost in sheepish asides a little too often. On top of that the resolution of the mystery is completely contrived and not something the reader could've seen coming. It was an interesting idea and well executed in some aspects, but I can't say I enjoyed the book very much.
The idea of this book (sheep solving a mystery) seems utterly silly. The sheep as characters, however, actually work very well. They react to events and understand them in a way that feels, well, sheepish. And I found that genuinely entertaining at times. Ultimately though, the plot meanders and gets lost in sheepish asides a little too often. On top of that the resolution of the mystery is completely contrived and not something the reader could've seen coming. It was an interesting idea and well executed in some aspects, but I can't say I enjoyed the book very much.