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A review by jodiesbookishposts
In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan
4.0
I received this on audio from Net Galley for an honest review.
The cover of this fascinated me, and the blurb just piqued my interest.
What I didn't realise going into it was that it was a collection of short stories. I always find short story collections hard to give a rating, because some will always resonate more than others. It was the same with this, some of the stories were a definite five stars, but some more a three so an overall rating of four seemed fair.
The collection covers many themes, family and loss and love. The theme of foxes runs through each connecting them.
I really liked Jo Lennan's writing style and would love to see a novel from them. It is often lyrical and descriptive but has a very human touch. The characters are what I really connected with. There were so many incredible rounded characters, which for short stories is an achievement. I kind of wish that some of these had their own longer pieces of work.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants to start out in short stories. Anyone who is interested in character drive pieces that are thought pieces more than action.
The cover of this fascinated me, and the blurb just piqued my interest.
What I didn't realise going into it was that it was a collection of short stories. I always find short story collections hard to give a rating, because some will always resonate more than others. It was the same with this, some of the stories were a definite five stars, but some more a three so an overall rating of four seemed fair.
The collection covers many themes, family and loss and love. The theme of foxes runs through each connecting them.
I really liked Jo Lennan's writing style and would love to see a novel from them. It is often lyrical and descriptive but has a very human touch. The characters are what I really connected with. There were so many incredible rounded characters, which for short stories is an achievement. I kind of wish that some of these had their own longer pieces of work.
I would recommend this for anyone who wants to start out in short stories. Anyone who is interested in character drive pieces that are thought pieces more than action.