Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a murder mystery shrouded by philosophical monologues against animal cruelty.

The novel follows Janina, an old woman who deeply cares about animal rights & astrology. She is an unreliable narrator, someone who makes sense when she is exposing the hypocrisy that's prevalent in society regarding the treatment of animals. Yet, she can still be exhausting with her half-baked astrology theories.

Halfway through this book, I got really bored because the animal cruelty arguments got repetitive. Repetitive to the point, one has to wonder is this all a parody of animal activists?
The book only picked up in the last quarter, during its climax when the tiny pieces started lining up conveniently.
I felt like this book could have been a lot more interesting if you could get the PoVs of other secondary characters like Oddball & Dizzy. Something which shows, you the reader, how is Janine perceived by others.
Overall, this isn't the best murder mystery that will surprise you but when you look at the niche category of murder mystery with sermons against animal cruelty. This might work.