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madamenovelist's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
jlothian's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Animal death and Medical content
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, and Classism
rachelditty's review against another edition
4.0
Some quotes I liked:
"It was easy to be a prophet of doom when the young men emerging from the colleges after a hard five years' slog were faced by a world indifferent to their enthusiasm and bursting knowledge," (p. 8).
"The sight of that man dancing frantically on his patient's ribs taught me a great truth--that I was going to look just as big a fool at fairly regular intervals throughout my career," (p. 37).
"It was as though he recognized something there--something of the strength and authority of t'owd doctor--and reached out eagerly toward the lost days," (p. 46).
"Yet what made him trail down that hillside every day in all weathers? Why had he filled the last two years of those two old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself?
It could only be love," (p. 285).
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, and Alcohol
ono_odog's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, and Alcohol
blairlovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty
Precise descriptions of veterinary procedures including animal neglect.kitty237's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Animal death
ajediprincess's review against another edition
5.0
A reader does not need to know anything about veterinary medicine to enjoy this book. Really, the humor and good nature with which Herriot tells his anecdotes is both informative and thoroughly entertaining. Darrowby is a place filled with memorable and endearing faces and characters, all creating a variety of challenges for Herriot as he comes into his own as a veterinarian. I could go on, but I really just recommend that you read this book if you want to be taken on a journey of life that will leave you smiling and wishing you too lived in Darrowby in the 1930's where existence seemed so much simpler and new joys could be found each and every day.
Minor: Animal death
meganpbennett's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
gloriazthompson's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death