And the fantastic reader/narrator truly made me believe I was hearing each and every character very distinctly, as he is a marvel with accents and intonation and deadpan humor. The tale itself is a riviting "page-turner" unlike any other. Each and every character is as real as they are important to the story, to the author- and even to the reader.įrom the illness brought upon the family on the first page to their departure on the last, I rate this faultless novel 10 stars.I found this superb, well-written and extremely well-narrated audiobook to be a delight. If you are a writer, you will like Larry an animal lover would love Gerry, Leslie would be the woodcraft-lover’s favourite, Margo for one keen on fashion, and Mother for the tired parent. I think that fans of writing descriptions and learning new words will definitely enjoy this book. This is a book that will leave you giggling, crying, and turning the three hundred and eighty-seven pages with bated breath. He has a way with words that I hope to achieve with practice someday. I love Gerald Durrell’s style of writing because in each paragraph there is at least one word that you need to look up in the dictionary, which is exciting and also promotes expanding your vocabulary. Out of all the animals, I would choose Quasimodo the pigeon, Achilles the tortoise, and Dodo the dog. Gerald wrote descriptions of nature and its furry inhabitants particularly well. He later fulfilled his wish of becoming an author. According to him, he is the most sensible member of the Durrell family and while on some occasions it does seem so, on others he can be very proud and feel superior to others in fields that he is not the very best at. However, I am partial to Larry, because of his dramatic behaviour and his control over the family’s decisions. It is difficult to choose a favourite character, because they are all amusing in odd and intriguing ways. It is all about Gerald Durrell and his family’s life in Corfu, Greece, the new people they are acquainted with there, and the different houses they shift to. I have lost count of the number of times that I have read My Family And Other Animals, I first read this interesting novel when I was eight or nine years old. A book review by The Periodic Fable Blogger
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