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A review by michelle_e_goldsmith
The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson
5.0
A moving tale of illusion, honesty, identity and humanity.
It is no traditional romance and many other reviews have referred to the sexual content of the book (including promiscuity, fox sex, fox-human sex, incest etc) as uncomfortable. Personally, I thought these scenes were not meant to be erotic and helped capture the uncomfortable nature of these relationships and distinguish the individual worlds and realities of the characters. Besides, promiscuous nobles are hardly rare throughout history and it would have been odd for the foxes to abide by human norms (never mind modern human norms). It's probably just best to be aware what kind of book you are reading or you might get a bit of a surprise. :P
I think Johnson did a very good job of creating flawed but understandable characters and creating non-human(?) characters that felt genuine, yet were still relatable.
It is no traditional romance and many other reviews have referred to the sexual content of the book (including promiscuity, fox sex, fox-human sex, incest etc) as uncomfortable. Personally, I thought these scenes were not meant to be erotic and helped capture the uncomfortable nature of these relationships and distinguish the individual worlds and realities of the characters. Besides, promiscuous nobles are hardly rare throughout history and it would have been odd for the foxes to abide by human norms (never mind modern human norms). It's probably just best to be aware what kind of book you are reading or you might get a bit of a surprise. :P
I think Johnson did a very good job of creating flawed but understandable characters and creating non-human(?) characters that felt genuine, yet were still relatable.