Fox & I Book Review

In the book world, there's something called DNF or "did not finish". The DNF of Catherine Raven's Fox & I was 11 percent.

That's how far I got in the book, a memoir about the author's relationship with a wild fox, before I realized that I had no idea what was going on and I just didn't care enough to continue on and find out.

The book, which comes out on July 6, had potential. Or at least I thought it did based on the glowing reviews from the publisher's marketing team. It was one of those books that I heard about, wasn't sure about, and then the marketing person made a connection between the isolated life of the author and how we were all isolated during COVID quarantine, and I thought, "Okay, why not? Maybe this book will say something profound about humans and nature."

Perhaps it does. It has several four- and five-star reviews on GoodReads. Some reviewers have said that the story does take a while to get going. But when I have so many other books on my to-read shelf, it just doesn't seem worth it to me to slog through something that's not really catching my interest.

Fox & I is published by Spiegel & Grau and will be available to purchase on July 6, 2021. I received an e-ARC in exchange for a review.