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A review by sweekune
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3/5
Weird but interesting. Told from the view of a mountain lion, this book explores poverty, politics, climate change and the problems caused to animals by human interaction.
- Forget punctuation, spelling and grammar. This is written as if the mountain lion itself wrote it. It's a quirky format and works for this book.
- This book is oddly philosophical and political. It explores homelessness, the callousness of some humans towards others, the effect of human activity and catastrophe on the wild world. It's odd looking at these through the lens of a lion.
- Amongst the more academic stuff is a general struggle for survival. The lion talks about hunger, thirst, danger from humans and wilderness. There is a philosophical lens to it but it does bring BC the nature of the narrator.
Odd. If you like books that have different perspectives and explore what it is to be human, or cougar, then give this a go.
Weird but interesting. Told from the view of a mountain lion, this book explores poverty, politics, climate change and the problems caused to animals by human interaction.
- Forget punctuation, spelling and grammar. This is written as if the mountain lion itself wrote it. It's a quirky format and works for this book.
- This book is oddly philosophical and political. It explores homelessness, the callousness of some humans towards others, the effect of human activity and catastrophe on the wild world. It's odd looking at these through the lens of a lion.
- Amongst the more academic stuff is a general struggle for survival. The lion talks about hunger, thirst, danger from humans and wilderness. There is a philosophical lens to it but it does bring BC the nature of the narrator.
Odd. If you like books that have different perspectives and explore what it is to be human, or cougar, then give this a go.