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Gobbled it up in one sitting
Wow!
I’ve never read anything quite like Open Throat by Henry Hoke. Thank you to the publishers for sending me a reading copy to review.
The mountain li... READ MORE
I devoured this and enjoyed every bite
With thanks to Pan Macmillan for sending me a free copy.
Inspired by the true story of P-22, this tragic tale had me engrossed from the start. Hoke's chara... READ MORE
A deliciously fun tale
Upon opening this book, the unusual format had me surprisingly hooked from the first page. Not to mention the graphic description which I will have to revi... READ MORE
'hello little slaughter, this is what a goddess looks like'
This small but incredibly potent novel packs one hell of a punch. Hoke's stream of consciousness prose is both astutely clear and dreamlike, and all the mo... READ MORE
A hunger for acceptance
This book is an excellence in portraying queer identity and what it means to live and grow up on the edge of society. The envy, joy, lust and longing are a... READ MORE
Synopsis
'I’ve never eaten a person but today I might.'
A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign, overlooking the city that humans call ‘ellay’.
Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days grappling with the complexities of their own identity, and ultimately the question: Do they want to eat a person, or become one?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN: 9781035007783
- Number of pages: 176
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 13 mm
- Weight: 128g
- Languages: English
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4.5*
Its a great feeling when you finish reading a book and automatically want to start from the begining and read it again. This was one of those books.... READ MORE
A Compelling, Quirky & Enchanting Novella
Open Throat is a quirky and unusual novella in which our narrator is a sentient and anthropomorphic mountain lion living somewhere he frequently overhears ... READ MORE
A brilliant surreal memoir of a Californian mountain lion
“If you feel alone in the world, find someone to worship you.”
My thanks to Pan Macmillan Picador for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Open Throat’ by Henry Hoke... READ MORE
Interesting short story
“Open Throat” is a short story about a mountain lion living in LA. It’s such a short story that to say much more would pretty much tell you the whole plot.... READ MORE
Delightful
A delightful short novella written from the perspective of a queer mountain lion who lives amongst the Hollywood sign, with some pithy insightful reflectio... READ MORE
Open Throat
I devoured this book cover to cover in only one sitting. Admittedly, it isn't that long, but it sucked me in, fascinated me, and I really wanted to know wh... READ MORE
“if you feel alone in the world find someone to worship you”
"I feel more like a person than ever because I'm starting to hate myself"
l am a sucker for stories that describe humanity through the lens of an outsid... READ MORE
Just OK
It was OK. The first half was better than the second half.
I didn't like the people in the book. People, they always mess up everything.
unique
“I want to devour their sounds. I have so much language in my brain and nowhere to put it.”
Open Throat was a very different book. It is told from a mou... READ MORE
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