A review by joymargot
If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot

3.0

This isn’t the sort of book I’d usually pick up for myself but I received it as a birthday gift. The opening pages nearly put me off but I promise, it’s worth persevering!

As a vegan and animal lover, I have complex feelings about the farming of livestock but it was nevertheless interesting to read about it in a more historical context.

Some parts are rather “of their time” and I can’t imagine many of the characters would have been particularly thrilled by their unflattering depictions! But my goodness, the chapters about Mrs Pumphrey and her beloved Pekinese, Tricki Woo had me in stitches!