Jack 💜 reviewed Fire, Bed, and Bone by Henrietta Branford
Review of 'Fire, Bed, and Bone' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A small novella written from the perspective of a hunting dog during a 14th century peasant revolt.
Can I just say that this is one of my favorite titles? It rolls off the tongue so well, and what a perfect summation of what makes a dog different from a wolf, that experience of knowing fire, bed, and bone.
Branford’s prose is such a treat, so uniquely lyrical and succinct. She sells the perspective quite well, though I do think it might have been more interesting had she not taken the approach of having the unnamed protagonist able to comprehend human speech. It’s very War Horse in that regard.
