Book Review
The Council of Animals (2021)
by Nick McDonell
I hadn't heard of author Nick McDonell before reading The Council of Animals, his strange novella written from the perspective of post-apocalyptic sentient animals who have gathered to render judgment on the shattered remnants of humanity. This is McDonell's first delve into the world of fantasy/science fiction, his prior works being a enfant terrible style debut about spoiled rich kids in New York (Twelve) and a host of non-fiction work mostly concerning Iraq, Afghanistan and the impact those wars have had on its participants and observers.
I listened to the Audiobook version, which was a mistake. The style that McDonell has chosen for his sentient-animal narrators is understandable but it doesn't translate well into Audio, or at least, it didn't in this version. I wish I had just read it. Hard to recommend on any grounds.
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