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Very short a literary take on environmental fiction. At points I thought it was going dystopian but it never quite did. It used vignettes to focus on the mundane. Overall a good book.

alskn's review

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

anblott's review

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

4.0

sophiesophso's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

nicole_bookmarked's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Simple, beautiful, powerful, and brutal. My first by Cynan Jones, but not the last. This reminded me of A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler.

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5.0

Another beautiful offering from Cynan Jones telling of a day in drought plagued rural Wales when a pregnant cow leaves the barn and wonders the fields. In that day Jones explores the farmers’ lives both in the family and the community. He captures a world, a lifetime, in a moment.

His beautiful prose paints a nuanced picture of the natural world and the rolling Welsh farmland. The stories and events that happen happen to all of us in a way from childhood to old age, life and death. Good things come in small packages.

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