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Warm, funny, personal, and full of wonderful animals... and the odd reaper.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2019
The book is made up of 10 chapters, each having their own theme and tale, but somehow connecting through common themes - Tom's love of the countryside, wildlife, and his wonderful eclectic family... and of course his cats. I can't give you a story-line, a twist, a denouement... that's not this sort of book. Tom gives you a gleeful insight into his mind, his life, his take on the world. You can't categorise Tom's books into a specific genre, and they're all the better for it. This book is at once a rambler's guide, a celebration of the natural world, a family diary, stirred with a bit of spritely witchy mystery, and a little bit of activism - the first couple of chapters alone mention the recent badger cull and fox hunting ban.Tom, for me, is like a modern Wordsworth (Romantic poet and activist) - I've seen few contemporary authors who have such a genuine connection to the natural world as Tom does, and even less that take the time to include the amount of detail. His writing is as beautiful as the scenery - poetic, and intricate. An example:"..the final deleafing of trees will often take place on the most windless of days, the pressure of icy still air sending the last crinkled brown survivors gently to the ground, defeated."There's also lots of Gothic imagery dotted through the book, with sprites and witches, and reapers made out of discarded clothing left on fence posts. It's wonderfully atmospheric, and all part of his rambles across his local countryside. He literally pulls the magic out of the land for you to enjoy.But if you think this is a heavy read, think again! Tom's writing is actually casually hilarious. You can be walking up romantic enigmatic yellow hills, pondering how they came to be, and the next minute you recall memories of being chased by a 'small determined pig'.There's badgers loving peanut butter sandwiches and then stealing the crockery, there's a dad off his face on Red Bull about to start a marathon.. but the book just wraps you up and cuddles you - then makes you giggle, all the way through.Dotted throughout the book are Tom's collection of photos; it was a joy to see this happy face pop out at me!Tom's anecdotes about his dad make me chuckle out loud."..my dad jogged after the car as if he had forgotten to give or tell me something important. I wound down the window. 'WATCH OUT FOR FOOKWITS AND LOONIES', he said." I think this might just be his dad's favourite phrase, it appears several times and made me giggle a little louder each time I saw it.I haven't even mentioned Tom's family of cats - each with their own very distinctive character and included in his charming stories. Have a look on his Instagram and you will get the idea.....Tom's writing is a joy to read and you simply have to appreciate it as it is, without trying to label with with a genre. If you need a reminder of what beauty England has to offer, look no further. If you love misbehaving animals, a bit of psychedelia stirred in with humourous family tales, grab this book. It's full of warmth and written from the heart.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2019
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