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Animal Instincts: The Urban Jungle

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i liked that this was an anthology book with shared main characters, I enjoyed the story and hope there is more like this book.

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This was not what I was expecting at all - a bunch of rabbits involved in criminal enterprises and accepting money in return for services. But as unusual as this premise was, what was delivered was a fun and joyous read.

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The book is about a family of outlaw rabbits who are a fixture in criminal activities. The rabbits appear to receive monies for their services. It’s a great read because it is much more than that. There is romance, family relationships, death plus more. It is not a depressing read. It is happy and delightful to read. There is an understanding of their life and purpose. I am so glad I had the opportunity to read this. It’s a well written book.

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This title, as is, is off to a fairly good start. It is obvious that these have been adapted from a younger person's creative writing - which I am grateful for the author including a 'foreword', even though he called it a 'prelude', because otherwise I would have been turned off of the writing style without that background information.

It would have been interesting to see the stories and characters a little more fleshed out. Perhaps it also would have benefited more by being a chapter book versus a story book. Every character was connected, so it would have been doable, I think.

There were some formatting issues, but that could just be because I read this on my Kindle, so I didn't give that much consideration when writing this review. It was something I wanted to mention, though, in case the publisher or the author wanted to make adjustments down the road.

There repetitiveness with a few character descriptions that really need to be excluded. It doesn't need to be mentioned in every story that Poppa Jackson was the fastest in the jungle. It was established very early on and doesn't, in my opinion, need to be reiterated. It would have been nice if it had been mentioned once and then perhaps a second time when the story about Sly and Groovy came along because it was absolutely relevant then.

Some of the choices made for sentence construction were a little odd, but that is something that I feel takes time as an author keeps writing and honing their skills. "Screeching screams" is odd - that is, unfortunately, the only one that I can really give as a specific example, though I'm sure there may have been others.

With the above critique out of the way, I wanted to now focus on some positives. I really enjoyed the concept and the anthropomorphism with all the characters. I also appreciate how the stories were all connected ultimately, even if I wish they had been a little longer or structured differently.

There is absolutely potential here with this book and I applaud Mr. Jackson for his efforts.

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