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Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)

Kira Jane Buxton

Start date: June 15, 2021

Finish date: July 1, 2021

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This is a funny dystopian literary novel narrated by a snarky American crow. It's been described as "The Incredible Journey meets Dawn of the Dead" (by Helen MacDonald) and "Kipling, if he were really, really high."

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What Members Thought

Mar 22, 2025 🥀 Rose 🥀 rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, made-me-laugh-out-loud, apocalypse, audio-book, 2025-book-challenge

This book started off great! I was loving it so much. Lots of laugh out moments. Shit turd, ST for short, is a crow who belongs to a man and slowly witnesses the end of humankind. He sets out with Dennis, his owners dog, to fix the world and along the way meets loads of all
Kinds of animals. Great premise !!! But….

What started out as a good set up, funny dialogue even if you’re mostly in ST’s head, soon becomes tiresome. Many of the encounters along the way become long winded and either rambling ...more

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Feb 19, 2021 Susan rated it it was amazing

This book almost defies description. So many emotions are in play and the writing is FANTASTIC. It's not for everyone and the reader needs to suspend rational beliefs and just enjoy the story. The crow, who is the narrator, is a foul-mouthed arrogant character you come to love. Heartwarming, hilarious, at times heart breaking, thought provoking, a very unique novel, a pleasure to read! ...more

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Oct 14, 2021 Schnaucl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, post-apocalyptic, owned, series, october, zombies, read_2021

I enjoyed this book. I liked the characters, particularly S. T., even if it did have stereotypes of dogs and cats.

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I don't know if it's because I'm from where the book takes place, but it seemed more location focused than most books and I wondered how it would read to someone not familiar with the area.

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Aug 26, 2021 William rated it really liked it

Shelves: goodreads-authors, series, e, fantasy, science-fiction, humor, apocalyptic, dystopia, read-in-2021

I enjoyed this book but for some reason it didn't grip me enough to marathon read it. I found it inciteful, funny, thought provoking. Ms. Buxton's writing style is engaging and she has quite the imagination.

The events near the end struck me as a stretch and implausible....but then I got thinking..."this is an apocalyptic zombie novel so what is plausible!" Once I reached that understanding the final sequences made more sense!. (You will understand when you read it. Think evolution.) I have learn ...more

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Aug 03, 2021 D rated it liked it

Shelves: i-don-t-miss-the-future

3 stars because I'm the target audience for a book (mostly) narrated by a crow. A little heavy-handed with the messages towards the end. Plot was a bit confused at times and seemed to stall out only to sputter a few more action scenes that (kind of?) brought some ideas together. No real big arc to the story, though it appeared like there would be one several times, and that was frustrating. Perhaps this would have been better as a short story. If you've ever lived in Seattle, you'll be able to e ...more

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