The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna CannonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This novel, set on an avenue in a village in England, is a sociological study on following the crowd, mob mentality, and judging others. One of our narrators is a young girl, who, with her friend decide to spend the summer finding God. The author’s use of words and the turn of a phrase are brilliant, as she would say. You can’t go a page without laughing. The novel is full of irony. In fact, if I had to describe it in one word, I would choose irony. The residence of the avenue think they are God-fearing Christians, when, in fact they cause misery and destruction with their judgments and gossip. The story is also a mystery as one of the residents has gone missing. She just vanished one day and all are sure the odd man from house number eleven must be to blame. I know it sounds like a lot in just one little novel. But it’s all in there. It is brilliant!
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