Review: My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A family’s moves to Corfu. The story revolves around the differences in the children, including one who believes himself a great writer and another who collects animals. The ending was a party that becomes farce as all the animals collected throughout the book make unplanned appearances. I listened to the BBC audio adaptation, and the addition of animal sounds and other sound effects helped the story. I found it a nice, short entertaining story, similar to a comedic television show episode.

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