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A review by si0bhan
Mateship With Birds by Carrie Tiffany
1.0
As this book falls completely outside of my usual read I think it is worth pointing out that my view is probably worth less than those who are regulars in the genre. As I have very few reads in this genre to compare it to I cannot say where exactly it falls in greatness for the genre. That being said, of the few books that I have read in this area this one does not compare in the slightest.
In my mind it seems as though it’s just a collection of random moments across the lives of the characters with very little in the way of a real story. There are a few okay moments which offer us insight into what is going on but as a whole I didn’t feel like I was reading an actual story. It was more like looking at someone’s diary where they had just put the odd note here and there. Moreover, I felt as though I was being bounced around far too much. I guess I was just expecting something more, perhaps something more in the way of wooing – only to be given what I sometimes thought was rather crude pieces (not that I can really say much as I read The Dice Man and thoroughly enjoyed it, but at least there I was following along and understanding what was going on and why).
As I said, I guess I was just expecting more than just accounts of random days from here and there hence why I was so disappointed.
In my mind it seems as though it’s just a collection of random moments across the lives of the characters with very little in the way of a real story. There are a few okay moments which offer us insight into what is going on but as a whole I didn’t feel like I was reading an actual story. It was more like looking at someone’s diary where they had just put the odd note here and there. Moreover, I felt as though I was being bounced around far too much. I guess I was just expecting something more, perhaps something more in the way of wooing – only to be given what I sometimes thought was rather crude pieces (not that I can really say much as I read The Dice Man and thoroughly enjoyed it, but at least there I was following along and understanding what was going on and why).
As I said, I guess I was just expecting more than just accounts of random days from here and there hence why I was so disappointed.