The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
I’m trying to read one book each week, in an effort to make my way through my Hoarders-style book collecting. I picked up The Elegance of the Hedgehog the last time I was in Canada and picked it up about 15 seconds after finishing The Shack, desperately needing to get that book out of my head. My experience with The Shack was less than stellar. It did make for an interesting book club meeting…9 out of the 10 of us didn’t like it! Just not our cup of tea, I guess. I think it was the first time that we’d read a book that most of us didn’t enjoy.
Anyways, I had heard good things about Elegance, so I was eager to get into it. It is a truly beautiful book. Well written, entertaining and engaging, this book made me want to go to bed a bit earlier each night so I could make some headway on it and some of the writing is so beautiful that there were lines I read a few times over, just because they were such lovely thoughts. I really enjoyed it.
OOTR’s Book Rating: 8/10.
Next up is The 19th Wife: A Novel by David Ebershoff. This one is a book club pick and I’m looking forward to it!
