I think I am the last person on earth who has not read a Libba Bray book. I was looking for an audiobook that was available from my library and came across Going Bovine. I remember back in the day when it was all the rage among book bloggers. I decided it was time for me to see what all the fuss had been about. It was time for me not to feel left out and I'll know how much I love my audiobooks.
What I liked
I loved the fantasy element in the story. I figured out it was not real halfway through the book, but I bet 16-year-old Hillary would have been dumbfounded at the end.
People that know me to know that I like my fiction to be more than a tad weird and unpredictable and this book delivered on that front. Imagine Alice in Wonderland on steroids, and you have Going Bovine.
The wild ride through a made up underbelly of America has to be one of my fave tropes, so I was happy that this had that trope.
What I did not like
This was one long ass book. I felt that some scenes could have been tightened up and it would still deliver the emotional punch that the book is known for
I have to that I too am a Libba Bray fan. Even it was a long ass book it had a good story and plot to speed things alone. Also, the audiobook version was a Godsend. It made it feel like the book wasn't that long. I just happened to see the hardback and was like wow. IFanasty and sci-fi are my first loves, and it always feels good to go back n read all of them.
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This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land