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The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls by Miriam Darlington

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robynearhart's review

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emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

owlizabeth's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

linda_elaine's review

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3.0

For a book about owls, she speaks too much about her son and his illness. I get that his diagnosis had an immense impact on her but the topic felt out of place for a “nature” book.

breadandmushrooms's review

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informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

hollysar's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

DNF about 30% through. I was already not really enjoying how much of this was about her son, but found the descriptions of owls interesting. I especially liked how she criticized the "cute-ification" of owls. Unfortunately, it seems she doesn't take her own advice. I gave up when she started discussing her friend who was "training" a local wild, uninjured owl by feeding them and getting them to follow commands. She then decides she's going to go buy a bunch of chicks (WHO DESPITE MANY BIRDERS IGNORING, ARE ALSO BIRDS) and try to feed, lure, and train her own owl. Not sure why you're spending so much time talking about the importance of preserving birds and their wildness when you're gonna have a bunch harmed and killed for you to bait a wild owl for your own amusement.