Holy Cow
2015 • 206 pages
Ratings7
Average rating2.7
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Ratings7
Average rating2.7
"Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that--her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture ... [and] Elsie finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God--and what the Box God reveals about something called an 'industrial meat farm' shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core. There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world. And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Jerry--excuse me, Shalom--a cranky, Torah-reading pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave (in his own mind, at least) turkey who can't fly, but who can work an iPhone with his beak"--
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This was a weird book, it sort of has an important message. It tries to remind you that animals have feelings too and maybe eating meat is a bad thing. But that message was lost under poop jokes and the general silliness that is this book.
I just couldn't believe that a cow was able to not be noticed in New York just by walking on two legs. I couldn't believe that no one noticed the cow on the plane. I mean cows aren't exactly that inconspicuous. I'm sure most people would recognise a cow if they were sitting next to one, even if said cow was wearing a hat and sunglasses.
I went into this book knowing that it was going to be very silly and it was still too silly for me. Though I have to say the one thing I found most unbelievable, more than a cow knowing who Jennifer Lawrence is. More than a turkey that knows how to fly a plane. Was that they had a phone that lasted 3 days before needing charged up.
I confess the only reason I picked this up was because it was written by the guy who used be on Red Shoe Diaries. The book itself has an interesting premise but fell short of being laugh out loud funny with its penchant for winking at the reader. No, it's neither smart nor original. Just annoying. Loved the pig who converted to Judaism, though. Saved from being a 1-star book because of that pig.
