Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

4 reviews

drone232's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is about a man and woman trying to find themselves in two different time periods. It is about the author, Helen, whose father just died, and she is trying to distract herself from the pain by buying a hawk to train. She is already experienced in raising birds, but managing a hawk proves quite challenging, especially for someone emotionally insecure like her. She is, at the same time, entranced by the life story of author T.H. White a generation past who also tried to raise a hawk, and had no idea what he was doing. He wanted to find manhood and wildness in the act, but only proves how naive he is. This is a deep and compelling book about human nature with occasional tidbits about birds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia

youngsk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Homophobia

jenlovesbooksandcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death