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A review by elliebooks
A Black Fox Running by Brian Carter
4.0
I liked it straight away and was wowed by the author's ability to write in such detail about the movements of the landscape from a fox-eye view.
During the 2/3 point I became a little tired and wasn't paying as much attention to what happened, as we seemed to flit dreamily from hunting on the Tor to the Trapper drinking cider in the pub.
I wanted to finish the book as I have a bad habit of abandoning books halfway through, and I'm glad I did. The last few chapters were rich with the magic of nature and the excitement that had me hooked at the beginning. They made sense of all the detail that had come before and reached a climax that was cathartic and poetic, but not unbelievable.
I wouldn't rush back to read another Carter novel but would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to immerse themselves in the hypothetical world of a big black fox in Dartmoor.
During the 2/3 point I became a little tired and wasn't paying as much attention to what happened, as we seemed to flit dreamily from hunting on the Tor to the Trapper drinking cider in the pub.
I wanted to finish the book as I have a bad habit of abandoning books halfway through, and I'm glad I did. The last few chapters were rich with the magic of nature and the excitement that had me hooked at the beginning. They made sense of all the detail that had come before and reached a climax that was cathartic and poetic, but not unbelievable.
I wouldn't rush back to read another Carter novel but would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to immerse themselves in the hypothetical world of a big black fox in Dartmoor.