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Beasts by John Crowley

fahyhallowell's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5


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ederwin's review

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3.0

I became interested in this book because I thought it would be largely a retelling of the "Reynard the fox" stories. While there is a Reynard the fox in here, and he is an important character, he doesn't appear often. Instead this is more of a dystopic future story where a relatively small population of animal-human hybrids are suppressed and misunderstood by the human majority. Not at all a bad book, but can't hold a candle to Crowley's later, masterful "Little, Big".
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