Jonathan Arnold reviewed Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Review of 'Three Bags Full' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Just not my bag of tea. I have a hard time when things or animals are anthropomorphized and this is a case in point. Never liked [b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down|Richard Adams|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298434234s/76620.jpg|1357456] (rabbits really?) and here is case of animals who are solving the murder of their farmer. I really only read about 50 pages and, while moderately interesting and pretty clever, just couldn't shake the fact that I was reading about sheep.
And as someone who helped raise some sheep on his "farm" as a kid, I couldn't imagine them being anywhere near this intelligent. Trust me - they just aren't that bright.
So call me not too bright for not being able to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the mystery, but I couldn't.
I wonder how to deal with this on Goodreads. I hate to count it as "reading a book", but I tried it, gave it a good shot …
Just not my bag of tea. I have a hard time when things or animals are anthropomorphized and this is a case in point. Never liked [b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down|Richard Adams|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298434234s/76620.jpg|1357456] (rabbits really?) and here is case of animals who are solving the murder of their farmer. I really only read about 50 pages and, while moderately interesting and pretty clever, just couldn't shake the fact that I was reading about sheep.
And as someone who helped raise some sheep on his "farm" as a kid, I couldn't imagine them being anywhere near this intelligent. Trust me - they just aren't that bright.
So call me not too bright for not being able to suspend disbelief and just enjoy the mystery, but I couldn't.
I wonder how to deal with this on Goodreads. I hate to count it as "reading a book", but I tried it, gave it a good shot and gave up. The only way I can rate it is to put it on my Read shelf. Oh well...
