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Fox & I by Catherine Raven

7 reviews

courto875's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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jessereadsthings's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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yogomagpie's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

Foxes are my favorite animal, I enjoyed being transported back to Montana. I soaked in this book for the first 2/3 but found myself skimming into the end.

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askxtine's review against another edition

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3.75

(I read ARC copy) Struggled a bit to get into the writer's style and scientific vocab. Have Google nearby and take notes because author gives nicknames to people, animals, trees, and then tells story from animal perspective (animals use different nicknames for the same objects). It can be a little disorienting. There's humor but it's pretty scientific and I didn't always recognize humor at first read. But by last 100 pages I was invested and couldn't put down.

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sionnac's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved this relationship but it seemed too wishful, and the segments where the author wrote as Fox were not for me, despite narrator Stacey Glemboski giving it her all. Foxes are magical and curious and smart and I would love to meet one. But i can't interpret what the fox is thinking. i can watch, listen and learn. Author's natural world writing is great.

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deedireads's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced

3.75

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TL;DR REVIEW:

Fox & I is a unique, heartfelt little memoir. Although it didn’t quite hold my attention all the way through, the prose is excellent and I ‘m glad I read it.

For you if: You like memoir and nature nonfiction.

FULL REVIEW:

“I realised that a fox, like a rainbow and every other gift from Nature, had an intrinsic value that was quite independent of its longevity. After that, whenever I questioned devoting so much time to an animal whose lifespan barely exceeded the blink of an eye, I remembered rainbows.”

I hadn’t heard of Fox & I until I got it in a monthly book subscription box, but the synopsis immediately caught my eye: a memoir by a woman who lived in the middle of nowhere and befriended a fox by reading to it from The Little Prince. I love memoirs and had been reading more nature nonfiction lately, so I decided to give it a try.

Catherine Raven has never felt at ease around other people or at home in the regular rhythms of society, but she can certainly write great sentences. The book is quiet and feels different from most memoirs, and it’s a beautiful little story with equal parts sadness and joy. So basically, it had everything I love, and I wanted to love it overall. But for some reason, I struggled to stay engaged and I found my attention waning, even after I went back and started over. I’m not sure if that was the book or me and my mindset at the time, though, and I’m still glad I read it.

If you think this has all the right ingredients for you, I would definitely still say you should give it a try.

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skylacine's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

A decent read about the bond between a researcher and a wild fox, sadly bogged down quite a bit by the author's writing voice.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/11/book-review-fox-i-by-catherine-raven.html#more

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