Reviews for Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small

The average rating for Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-22 00:00:00 Sandra Poitras I was actually quite excited about this book when it came out, but was terribly disappointed by its content. Don't be fooled into thinking this is a book about the animals Rita Mae Brown created special bonds with throughout her life, because Animal Magnetism actually provides a lot more detail about the sport of fox-hunting than it does anything else. The book automatically lost a star due to the amount of breeding that goes on throughout the book. Spay and neuter your pets, Rita Mae Brown! The author claims throughout the book to want the best for her animals, yet she seems to be a very careless owner who lets her "pets" be killed like - all the time. Don't worry though, you never get to know an animal well enough to feel sad about its death. A tearjerker this book is not. The majority of stars were lost due to the fact that Brown doesn't stay on one pet's story long enough for you to form any sort of connection with the animal or understand her relationship with it at all. The book just doesn't flow. The pictures provided in the book don't even correlate with the chapters in which they were placed! While you are reading about a "beloved" cat, you would be seeing a picture of a heard of beagles. This only contributed to the confusion, and made the book more annoying. If you want to read a Rita Mae Brown book, you should pick up Rubyfruit Jungle. If you want a good heartwarming book about pets, or a good book in general, pick up anything else.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-21 00:00:00 Craig James Honestly, this might be the worst book I've ever read. It's so unfocused and feels like a rough draft or someone's journal. Rita Mae Brown attempts to bore her reader's to death by going into such extreme detail about anything and everything you don't care about. As an animal lover myself, I was disappointed in how little of the book is about her pets or her connection to them. Instead the book spends way too much time describing fox hunting and how she is kind of a shitty pet owner in general. There are a few good stories and points made but it's lost in the jumble of disconnected thoughts. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone ever.