Book Review: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.

More fantasy novel than fable, the Book of the Dun Cow is a tale of Good vs Evil where the Evil is frightfully strong and the good is despairingly weak. "But there is some good in the world," as a certain humble gardener would have said. "And it's worth fighting for."

And boy do they fight.

Anybody who is just beginning the book and is on its first few pages would consider it a light-hearted romp with some funny but well-written characters, but it does not take long to see that the tale is growing darker by the minute, and the light-heartedness, while not completely gone, is scarce.

I would not go into the characters, for it is better that you find them out yourselves. There are some who might have been better if they were given a greater spotlight but I digress.

All in all, a wonderful tale, and one of the great fantasy tales put to paper.

P. S.: If you are thinking of giving your children this book to read, you might want to read it first and give it to them second. The tale is dark as I said and you must be the judge if they are ready for it.