and I challenge anyone who reads/listens to this say it didn't affect them - unless, of course, you have no soul. Honestly, I will never look at a squirrel the same again. There wasn't a dull moment in this book and I literally laughed out loud so often that my husband kept giving me strange looks. The story, which brings to mind those TV shows where they talk about what happens if all humans were to disappear and what would happen to the animals, both domestic and wild, is approached from the view of a pet crow. wait, I guess that would make him a bull). Robert Petkoff, a narrator with whom I was unfamiliar, was ABSOLUTELY amazing! (I loved his amazing accents and voices, especially the foul mouthed Scottish.

Well, the main character had me immediately at 'Shit-Bird'.

It sat on my app for several weeks and finally, I decided to listen with no recollection of what it was about and absolutely no expectations. It may have been a random Audible Daily Deal that I purchased on a whim. I'm not really sure how I came about purchasing this book.

Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a cowardly crow whose only knowledge of the world around him comes from TV. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he suddenly discovers that the neighbors are devouring one another. His tried-and-true remedies - from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis - fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. starts to think something's not quite right. 'those idiots'), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos®.īut when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (i.e. ' The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead ' (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author) in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem. A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton