A review by sadiereadsagain
In the Time of Foxes by Jo Lennan

4.0

It was the title of this book that grabbed my attention. And there is a theme of foxes running through most (probably all, though maybe I missed it in a couple) of the short stories in this collection. I'm reviewing it weeks after reading it, which isn't ideal, but I can still recall many of the stories so I think that is testament to the strength of them. And this is a strong collection - as is often the case, there was variation in how much I liked one story to the next, but overall it was really enjoyable and Lennan is a very talented writer. She can see and show human nature really well on the page, and often in situations which are compellingly readable. A lot of these stories could have been more than shorts, and I think that is both a good and not-so-good thing. Good, because I obviously wanted to stick around for more. But not-so-good, because I often felt that the story ended before...well, before the end of the story. I know it's quite common for short stories to be left unresolved, but it happened so often in this collection that I wondered if it's because the writer didn't know how to end them. But I would love to read a novel by this author, and I would recommend this collection.

I was gifted a NetGalley version of this book by Simon and Schuster UK in return for a review. All thoughts are my own.