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A review by bookwoods
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
3.0
3.5/5
I’d heard that The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is the perfect summer read, which is why I picked it up during this heat wave we’re experiencing in Finland. And indeed, it was easy to relate to the atmosphere when you were sweating in the sun like the characters in the story. Characters, which I found to be really fascinating, as well as the setting – a tightly knit, small community in the 70s England. The past that burdens the residents and the missing of one of them offer a great base for the story, but there are two things that left me cold: in the beginning it took a long time for me to get invested and the end is too open for my liking. I want clear conclusions, but it felt like the novel wasn’t quite finished. So I'm slightly disappointed, even though for most of the book I was truly enjoying myself.
I’d heard that The Trouble with Goats and Sheep is the perfect summer read, which is why I picked it up during this heat wave we’re experiencing in Finland. And indeed, it was easy to relate to the atmosphere when you were sweating in the sun like the characters in the story. Characters, which I found to be really fascinating, as well as the setting – a tightly knit, small community in the 70s England. The past that burdens the residents and the missing of one of them offer a great base for the story, but there are two things that left me cold: in the beginning it took a long time for me to get invested and the end is too open for my liking. I want clear conclusions, but it felt like the novel wasn’t quite finished. So I'm slightly disappointed, even though for most of the book I was truly enjoying myself.