A review by aotora
The Fox and The Hound by Daniel P. Mannix
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
If you go into this book thinking that it's anything like Disney's version ... don't. Because this book is quite similar to Bambi in a sense that it's barely like the movie, besides having the same characters and a few elements here and there and it's much more realistic than Disney's version.
We still have Tod the fox and Copper the hound. They are never friends in this book though.
Tod is raised by humans after the hunters kill his mother and the rest of the litter - which is the first glimpse of brutally realistic nature of this book. When he matures he goes wild again and no longer trusts humans - we then follow his exploits as he evades hunters and their dogs and as he finds love again. He finds a vixen, has kits but first the kits are killed by the hunters and then the first vixen is too. He then has another litter andthey get killed too alongside the new vixen he mates with.
On one last hunt Tod is tired and alone. There are no other foxes left, he survived rabies and hedies after running for a day and a half and he just drops dead from exhaustion. after that you'd think that Copper would get the good ending too but nope, when his master is moved to the retirement home he cannot take his dog with him so he gives him the Old Yeller treatment and he shoots him in the head whilst Copper trusts him and believes that they are going out for another hunt.
Man this book was dark and brutal ... but realistic and I loved it because of that. I loved the hunting scenes, I loved reading how the fox evaded hunters and learned more and more clever tricks and I enjoed the entire vibe of this book a lot. It's such a great short book, too bad it's really hard to get a physical copy. Oh well - maybe one day.
We still have Tod the fox and Copper the hound. They are never friends in this book though.
Tod is raised by humans after the hunters kill his mother and the rest of the litter - which is the first glimpse of brutally realistic nature of this book. When he matures he goes wild again and no longer trusts humans - we then follow his exploits as he evades hunters and their dogs and as he finds love again. He finds a vixen, has kits but first the kits are killed by the hunters and then the first vixen is too. He then has another litter and
On one last hunt Tod is tired and alone. There are no other foxes left, he survived rabies and he
Man this book was dark and brutal ... but realistic and I loved it because of that. I loved the hunting scenes, I loved reading how the fox evaded hunters and learned more and more clever tricks and I enjoed the entire vibe of this book a lot. It's such a great short book, too bad it's really hard to get a physical copy. Oh well - maybe one day.