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Pyg: The Memoirs Of Toby, The Learned Pig (2012)

by Russell Potter(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0143121189 (ISBN13: 9780143121183)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: This book had much potential, I thought. Unfortunately, it was simply the bland journey of a learned pig around the British Isles in the eighteenth-century. Other than an opportunity to name-drop the shining lights of the late 1700s, there's really not much to the book. I almost stopped reading when the titular Toby recruits William Wilberforce to help him free a mistreated (predictably) black pig. No other episode was quite as cringeworthy, but none was more interesting, either. The footnotes section at the end could have redeemed it but came across, as did much of the rest of the book, as meaninglessly pretentious. Unfortunately I could not have cared less about the fate of the narrator and, consequently, should probably have skipped this porcine me... moremoir.
review 2: It's a very cute premise for a book: a learned pig writes the memoir of his life and how he became so learned. It's actually written like an 18th century memoir as well. Trouble is, this can get in the way sometimes. I was looking forward to a quick cute read, which it is at times, but it often feels like a legit 18th century memoir (which, I suppose, was the point). Overall, I did enjoy the book; it's a very unique idea. I just had trouble staying 100% engaged throughout. less

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