AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

Even setting aside the gorgeously imaginative and tragic prose, this is worth a read just for the power play of referring to the William Shakespeare exclusively as "Agnes's husband"

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

A surreal campfire story told from a fox's POV just didn't seem like quite the right vehicle for an extended "fuck Beatrix Potter, in particular" sequence

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

Eileen as a character feels like a direct response to all male-authored "pretty but doesn't know it" female protagonists and it was SO cathartic to read about a neurotic messy bitch for once!!

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

I really like the philosophy behind the book (the spiritual epiphany that all living things, even lactobacilli and yeast, must be treated with respect and patience) but not necessarily the plot (???)

AUDREY'S ONE-SENTENCE BOOK REVIEWS

I think this book made me reconsider the nature of miracles– we assume that entities without agency can't intentionally affect our lives one way or the other, but maybe nature has some "black box" programming with causes and effects that we can't see, just like Klara has.