A review by beccamunchkin
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon

3.0

I wanted to hate this book, but it grew on me. At first there were too many characters to keep straight and the writing felt strange and stiff. I got used to the writing, and figured out who some of the characters were, but for much of the book I was still having to stop and flip back to figure out which neighbor was which. The good thing here was the fairly interesting story; the mystery of it was revealed fairly nicely, though wrapped up a little too pat in the last 20 pages or so. Grace and stilly were pretty stock characters, and some of what they did or happened to them was incredibly obviously coming, but there were twists in other places.
Also now I want biscuits. Some day someone should go through and count all the mentions of sweets and biscuits and cakes because I’m pretty sure there were about 6,000.