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The Blue Fox

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Start date: January 15, 2018

Finish date: February 15, 2018

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Jan 24, 2024 Stil de scriitor rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Simt că nu am citit o carte, ci mai mult o schiță a unei cărți. Slab dezvoltată, cu elemente care nu se leagă suficient între ele și fără un conflict anume. Personajele nu sunt conturate atât cât trebuie. Nu mi-a stârnit interesul suficient și sunt dezamăgita de tot ce am citit. Îmi pare rău că încep din ianuarie cu astfel de dezamăgiri. Este păcat de carte, deoarece promitea foarte mult.

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Feb 06, 2015 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This book was ... interesting. The opening thirty pages switch POVs back and forth between a fox and a hunter. It was a little jarring at first, I won't mind admitting, and just when I got into that swing, it switched to a more traditional narrative. I was actually a little disappointed when it did so, if truth be told. But once I got over that disappointment, I really enjoyed the glimpse into Icelandic life in the 1880s. As I picked this book up specifically for part of my Round the World in 80 ...more

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Jun 17, 2013 Katie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Disappointing. The writing style was really poetic, but there wasn't much plot. I was thinking it would be like a kind of fairy tale, but that was false advertising. There were two parallel stories, one of a man hunting a fox and getting trapped in an avalanche, and the other of a woman with Down syndrome who was sold into slavery as a child. The description is more exciting than the whole book, and the author sloppily ties the two stories together in the last chapter.

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