Amy's review
Before You Know Kindness (Random House Large Print)
by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads author!)
Amy's review
Before You Know Kindness (Random House Large Print) by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads author!)
Amy's review
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I'm on the fence on this book. The topic of gun control, animal rights, and veganism was definitely interesting, but I struggled a bit with the author's portrayal of the animal rights issue. I was struck by how a few of the characters were so one-dimensional -- practically a stereotype -- and these were, with the exception of Spencer, all people on the side of animal rights. His other characters are so well developed with both positive and negative characteristics (everyone is humanely flawed) that you would have thought he'd make these other characters not so negatively one-dimensional. He turns it around at the very, very end, but it was just a bit too late for me. I kept wondering if he had an ax to grind with some vegan or maybe he's just an avid hunter:)
