Reviews
The Unbroken Web: Stories and Fables by Jennifer Campbell, Richard Adams, Anne Yvonne Gilbert
wafer's review
2.0
This is Richard Adams at his weakest, which is a darn shame considering how utterly gorgeous the story art is. This could have well been one of my favorite short story collections had he been putting out his usual caliber of writing quality.
One talent that I've always admired Adams for is how he can painstakingly recreate regional dialects in his characters' dialogue. In "The Unbroken Web", his portrayal of accents comes off as very.... racist? Silly? Either way, uncomfortable.
There's also an utterly shameless "Watership Down" plug that's about as out of place as when he plugged it in "The Plague Dogs".
If you're someone like me who loves Richard Adams, then I'd only read this for the sake of completion knowing that it's one of his weaker works. For everyone else, look up the artwork separately.
One talent that I've always admired Adams for is how he can painstakingly recreate regional dialects in his characters' dialogue. In "The Unbroken Web", his portrayal of accents comes off as very.... racist? Silly? Either way, uncomfortable.
There's also an utterly shameless "Watership Down" plug that's about as out of place as when he plugged it in "The Plague Dogs".
If you're someone like me who loves Richard Adams, then I'd only read this for the sake of completion knowing that it's one of his weaker works. For everyone else, look up the artwork separately.
austen_to_zafon's review
1.0
Watership Down was just a hard act to follow, no doubt about it. I have tried several of Adams's other work and I didn't like any of it. Sad. I'm sure these collected folk tales and fables were nice in their original form, but Adams makes them twee and pretentious and after the joy of WD, that's disappointing.
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