Review: 47 Unlikely Friendships

Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


'Unlikely Friendships' is a collection of tales of the relationships: some very short-term, other quite long: that developed between members of different species. Dogs, snakes, monkeys, birds, fish: you name it: there's likely a story featuring it.

The photographs are charming: some astonishingly so. They form an integral part of the book, and are a good argument for the superiority of 'tree' books over e-books. Being printed on paper adds to their attractiveness.

The book is well-written, but I feel it lacks the degree of engagement that the animal stories of James Herriot so uniformly carry. Perhaps this is partly because the tales are so very short and matter-of-fact. I'm also a little worried by the brown printing which is a little on the light side to make for easy reading.

Nevertheless, this title is still deserving of a high recommendation and I am happy to provide it.



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