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saturn_rage's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
There’s admittedly a lot I don’t know about the context around this book, but this is an enjoyable affair that offers a truly unique use of an animal main character. Flush’s (I really don’t care for that name) positionally and development is fascinating, as is how he thinks about the humans he is made to deal with. I too would ceaselessly bite my human’s male suitor. Go off king.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Animal death
renardthefox's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
So let's get this out of the way: FLUSH is the biography of a dog. By Virginia Woolf. (I am struggling not to write Woof…) And it's good! Mostly.
The book begins with extremely eugenicist energy; we should breed humans like dogs - because that worked SO WELL for dogs, right? *Wheezes in pug* (Of course this is not the only - or even main - problem with eugenics. But putting aside the sheer fascism of eugenics, this is just a bad comparison.)
Anyway. After THAT we get to know Flush. He's a lovely wee doggo. Woolf really captures the dogginess; this is not a particularly anthropomorphised dog.
The style of the biography is a pastiche of Eminent Victorian biographies. Woolf really took Lytton Strachey's idea to its logical conclusion.
The foreword in this edition is, however, the most interesting part of it. I don't know if I agree with all the points made, but they're certainly something to chew on as you read FLUSH.
The book begins with extremely eugenicist energy; we should breed humans like dogs - because that worked SO WELL for dogs, right? *Wheezes in pug* (Of course this is not the only - or even main - problem with eugenics. But putting aside the sheer fascism of eugenics, this is just a bad comparison.)
Anyway. After THAT we get to know Flush. He's a lovely wee doggo. Woolf really captures the dogginess; this is not a particularly anthropomorphised dog.
The style of the biography is a pastiche of Eminent Victorian biographies. Woolf really took Lytton Strachey's idea to its logical conclusion.
The foreword in this edition is, however, the most interesting part of it. I don't know if I agree with all the points made, but they're certainly something to chew on as you read FLUSH.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Kidnapping
fanni_b22's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Moderate: Animal death
san_dra's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Classism
fourmi's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death