A review by jnzllwgr
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John N. Gray

4.0

Having recently finished a couple Tim Morton books and Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, I was hoping this would be a nice compliment to them. In some parts, this was the case. However, the book overall is structured as a series of loosely connected musings (the “thoughts” in the title was a much more precisely used term than I expected) about existence and our relationship with a/the metaphysical and the physical world. It stretches out and touches many topics, but in doing so, restricts itself in going deeper into any particular topic. For this reader, this was a detriment. However, the “Further Reading” section is organized by chapter and tracks well within the them so that one can readily grasp that Gray is not just making things up. It also serves as a good tool for any those readers whose interests are piqued for more detail.