It is entirely likely that "The flown bird society" was simply not my cup of tea. I was kindly provided a review copy via Netgalley based on which I am writing this review.

If it hadn't have been for the way that this novel was described, I probably wouldn't have rated it as low as I did. It is described as an adventure novel interspersed with a psychological/ philosophical debate. However, I would more accurately describe it as a series of short dialogue vignettes between the characters, the only real description of setting, or way that the narrative moves along is from the brief introductions to each vignette which serve to set each scene.

This adds to the overall sense that the work is in fact a script, but this doesn't work either as each character talks for so long. While reading I'm reminded of philosophy texts, but this didn't really help so much as contextualize the way that the story is written.

I did absolutely love the images. The cover of the book, alongside the description is what pulled me into the book, but the characters and the narrative were not enough to hold up the rest of the story. One way of making this more compelling would have been to restructure the novel introducing information in different formats in an epistolary style. This would have also fed into the visual elements of the novel, which I felt were a real strength. Certain characters were very interesting, certainly and I was curious about them and their motives etc. But we never really see them do anything other than debate the central themes of what of of the philosophy of the novel. This contributes to an overall sense that the book is about itself rather than a narrative or a message. This may have been the point and simply gone over my head in which case this book is just not for me.