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octavia_cade 's review for:
Foxhunt
by Rem Wigmore
I reviewed this book for Strange Horizons (review coming soon!) so I'm leaving a few small comments here as well. I really enjoyed this, although it is admittedly right up my alley, with a group of nature-aligning individuals taking on secret identities in order to preserve the environment. It even has an intermittently-likeable and often ambiguous woman protagonist, which is another thing that I enjoy, especially as the narrative makes it clear that not many other people like her either. It's so much easier to enjoy difficult protagonists when the author isn't bashing you over the head with how wonderful other characters think they are! Just let them be difficult and stew in their difficulty and acknowledge that they are not always easy people to be around, it makes such a difference.
I don't want to say too much about the plot, as there are a couple of twists that I don't want to give away - the one that comes mid-book was genuinely shocking. I would like to give a shout-out to the world-building, though, which is extremely and quietly competent, especially given that Foxhunt is such a short book, not even 250 pages. I do love concision, and there's so much crammed in here! It's just a compact and fascinating read.
I don't want to say too much about the plot, as there are a couple of twists that I don't want to give away - the one that comes mid-book was genuinely shocking. I would like to give a shout-out to the world-building, though, which is extremely and quietly competent, especially given that Foxhunt is such a short book, not even 250 pages. I do love concision, and there's so much crammed in here! It's just a compact and fascinating read.