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A review by anzunagi
The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
3.0
This was a book I received at a book club event (thanks Beth!).
This was an interesting one - I liked the writing a lot and didn't find it as slow in the beginning as most other reviewers seemed to. I think that's mostly because I've read many books like this before so I was a little more used to the style. This had an original plot and took place during a time period I don't read much about. Our three main characters are also all very distinct and have their own problems - no one is perfect and I was rooting for different people during different parts of the book which was a nice change of pace from "this is the protagonist, root for them."
This book did drag a bit or was just a little too dark at parts where I would need to put it down for a bit. There was also more sex than I was expecting (and it was a bit more graphic too) and some of it was a little uncomfortable to read.
This was an interesting one - I liked the writing a lot and didn't find it as slow in the beginning as most other reviewers seemed to. I think that's mostly because I've read many books like this before so I was a little more used to the style. This had an original plot and took place during a time period I don't read much about. Our three main characters are also all very distinct and have their own problems - no one is perfect and I was rooting for different people during different parts of the book which was a nice change of pace from "this is the protagonist, root for them."
This book did drag a bit or was just a little too dark at parts where I would need to put it down for a bit. There was also more sex than I was expecting (and it was a bit more graphic too) and some of it was a little uncomfortable to read.