I love the central concept of the book but was iffy on the execution. IMr. Fox, Mary, and Daphne feel full and thought out. The stories that Mr. Fox and Mary come up with felt a bit hit or miss. I tended to prefer the more magical/ folkloric stories. The plot outside of those major stories was interesting, but the ending as story and reality collapse into each other was confusing to me. In the beginning there's commentary on using women's deaths to spice up stories without giving the women interiority/ a life outside of that purpose. Towards the end, the commentary becomes more about Mr. Fox as a person and his relationship with his wife. I felt like Oyeyemi was trying to convey a lesson to me, but I wasn't super sure how to merge the two threads of commentary throughout the story. This was definitely a unique riff on the story of Bluebeard.