A review by charmaineclancy
Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany

2.0

This book has an interesting concept of reflecting on the birdlife (and indeed other animal life) in a small country town as it tells the story of the people. I did like the honesty in the physical descriptions of people and felt the fragility of the characters was portrayed well. I didn't enjoy the mixing of prose as I felt it wasn't done deftly and seemed forced. I found one character to dislike extremely, but couldn't attach myself with any affection to any of the others; they just weren't likable enough to me. I also felt the bleak portrayal of country life was a little unfair and not true reflection.

I struggled along, but felt not enough was happening in this literary story, stopped reading about halfway. There's many who love this novel, so it might just be a matter of different tastes.