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A review by ajediprincess
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
What a lovely book! Reading this book was like putting the kettle on and settling in your favorite chair to watch Masterpiece Classics or taking a stroll in the countryside on a breezy summer's day. The pastoral atmosphere all but leaps off the page. The descriptions, situations, and memories that Herriot shares span the full range of human emotion from comical to infuriating to heartbreaking to spilling over with joy. This is a book that captures one's attention and invigorates the imagination, and I challenge anyone who reads it to feel as though they hadn’t just accompanied Mr. Herriot on his house calls by the end.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death