aotora 's review for:

Fox's Feud by Terry Riley, Colin Dann

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I remember watching the show and the arc with Scarface- this is the book that is about that arc - and I enjoyed it a lot. I loved how cunning Scarface was and how he always attacked when you least expect it - this book is slightly more graphic and a few of the Farthing wood animals sadly die - but it's a pretty good book. It focuses on foxes - Scarface and his group and Fox and his family - we get to meet the cubs though one of them dies pretty early on, which starts this entire feud. Dreamer's death was a bit more graphic than the others and it was just so darn sad even though we barely get to know her. Scarface was a good villain and his death was amazing just like in the show - he gets bitten by adder as he crosses the river and he bites off half of the adder's tail. So a pretty decent bad guy whose only motive is jealousy but the ending for him is still pretty graphic by children's book standards.