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Pros

On animals is a collection of magazine essays in new yorker style on the topic of various animals. The homing pigeons story, little wing, involves a teenager and her homing pigeonons. Two essays involve the donkeys which seemed to be everywhere in mor...  Read More

Her writing gift is profound. The whole affair is so good-natured and presented so lovingly that it really doesn't matter. The audio was read by the author.

Susan orlean's new book is a total joy to read. Orlean writes about furry/finny/feathered friends.



Cons

Orlean speaks of the animals she is fascinated with as if they were nothing more than objects for her amusement while ensuring that complacent readers will be unfazed by the human brutality and animal suffering she describes and supports.

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Quality


What sets this collection apart is the excellent quality of the writing and the variety of the essays.


That piece is about the efforts to transfer an orca from substandard commercial exhibition conditions, to a wild existence it h...  Read More


Overall this is a very strong collection that should hold the interest of most readers throughout, although, as with any collec...  Read More

Shipping


Her wry delivery is impossible to resist.


Book arrived just as described by seller.

Packaging/appearance


I ordered the hardcover for the physical joy of seeing letters, smelling the paper and ink, and touching paper.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    animal and new.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 878 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 19 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was moved coffeespurted laughter and at timed brought to tears


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Engaging style neither hectic nor drawn out


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A few stories can be skipped but even shorter anecdotes at end have charm


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But i dont have the nerve or the cooperation needed to own a small farm and acquire all types of animal


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I’m not sure what i expected but at the beginning i struggled with connecting to orlean’s stories…however i continued to plod along and found myself looking up the people places and animals she mentioned becoming more and more invested in her animals as the book continued


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Susan orlean can probably make any topic interesting


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I dragged this book out as i just didnt want it to end


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    No blockbusters here but orlean—as always—writes like an angel

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