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| Original Title: | The Complete James Herriot |
| ISBN: | 0330447262 (ISBN13: 9780330447263) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | All Creatures Great and Small #1-8 |
| Characters: | James Alfred "Alf" Wight |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
James Herriot
Paperback | Pages: 133 pages Rating: 4.7 | 542 Users | 33 Reviews
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The ultimate comfort books. I read these several times growing up and they still make me laugh and cry as if I've never read them before.I often ring my mum to talk through them again with something like "I'm just at the bit with Tristan and the pipe!" (I think between us we could recite the whole series!) and I had a text the other day from an initially very sceptical friend, who has bought the whole series and read them again since I recommended them a year ago, saying "Just crying with laughter on the tube at the Cat Wrapping bit!"
So well written, real, and emotive. I can't recommended Herriot highly enough!
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| Title | : | The Complete James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small #1-8) |
| Author | : | James Herriot |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 133 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 2006 by Macmillan (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Animals |
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Ratings: 4.7 From 542 Users | 33 ReviewsEvaluate Regarding Books The Complete James Herriot (All Creatures Great and Small #1-8)
Some of my absolute favorite books. They make me laugh out loud and remind me how good God is!James Herriot is a treasure, these books are so wonderful
The first two were very interesting but by the third my mind was wandering. The writing felt monotonous and one dimensional with the events detailed seeming too similar to each other to be of any real aid to these stories.
I absolutely love these books. Ever since I first watched the repeats of the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small on TV I was captured and it was after that, that they were given to me as a Christmas present. I must have read them so many times over the years and they never fail to cheer me up on a gloomy day. I love them on a historical level too because whilst they are a work of fiction, they are also autobiographical and it is interesting to see how Alfred J Wright (the real James Herriot)
I never realized what a tough job being a country veterinarian was. Do you know why? Because not once did the author seem to complain about it during his many, many books. He wrote about it like he was the luckiest guy in the world. I say we are the lucky ones, because we get to enjoy these terrific stories.
How can one rate these books when re-reading them after thirty years or so? They are old friends, comfort reading on cold nights, snuggling up with a bar of chocolate and a glass of good wine. Yes, the writing now seems a little stilted and repetitive in places, but who cares. Reading these again takes me back to my youth.
I read these books when I was younger and now I'm listening to the audio books with my kids. So funny! Love his writing!
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