The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is available at Amazon ( US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | AU | JP | CN) This book was borrowed from Basheer Graphic Books for review purposes. I still can't get over the fact that this book has more reviews than Harry Potter. These philosophical thoughts and feel-good meaningful quotes work surprisingly well on Instagram. His huge following on Instagram could explain the popularity of this book. Perhaps that's got to do with the fact that the author has 470,000 FB followers, 140,000 Twitter followers or 1.2 million Instagram followers. It's a nice book but I still don't understand why it's so popular. You can go through this book under an hour. They also look like drafts or rough sketches for more polished illustrations. The drawings have a children-book style to them. They were loosely drawn with pen, ink and watercolour. 'The greatest illusion is that life should be perfect.'

'Everyone is a bit scared, but we are less scared together.' 'Doing nothing with friends is never doing nothing, is it?' 'Often the hardest person to forgive is yourself.' 'One of our greatest freedom is how we react to things.' 'What do you think is the biggest waste of time?' 'Comparing yourself to others.' said the mole. 'If at first you don't succeed, have some cake.' 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' 'Kind' said the boy. It's about them hanging out in the countryside (you don't see other people) and talking about life, philosophy.īelow are some quotes from the book to give you a better sense of what this book is like: The story is about a boy, who met a mole, then a fox, and later a horse. It's a nice book, I must say that again, but I don't understand the mass market appeal. This book was published in 2019 and at the time of this review, it has over 74,000 reviews on Amazon.

I just don't understand how that is possible.

This book has even more reviews than any single copy of Harry Potter. When I looked online for more information, I found out it was on #1 New York Times Bestseller, Wall Street Journal Bestseller and USA Today Bestseller. The impression I had when I first flipped through the book was, 'Oh, another illustrated book with feel-good life stories and philosophical quotes.' It is a nice book not I did not expect this book to be that popular. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is authored and illustrated by Charlie Mackesy and published by Penguin Books.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy