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1.92k reviews for:
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.02 AVERAGE
1.92k reviews for:
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.02 AVERAGE
dark
informative
fast-paced
A fascinating read into a very strange crime that opens a window into a particularly dark community that I probably never would have heard about otherwise.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
It feels strange to say one of my neurodivergent interests is art theft, but this hit that interest in such a strange way. Interesting read for sure.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation
After about 150 pages, I just couldn’t any more. The subject is fascinating, the writing excellent. I’ll blame this on Covid attention span.
Parts of this read like a college essay. Choosing to make sweeping parallels in the pursuit of poetic lines.
Chapter 3 - feathers in fashion - feels pretty lazy.
He takes every opportunity to put blame on the women consumers. He calls Marie Antoinette “patient zero” for wearing a feather her husband, the King of France, gave her and then blames that single moment for 80 years of feather trade.
He also chooses a quote from Elizabeth Cady Stanton who claims that fashions are derived from “French courtesans” and those who abide by them have chosen a mindless life of pleasing men.
Such a narrow view and adds little value to the text.
Johnson has clearly never listens to the Cerulean sweater monologue in Devil Wears Prada. He’d benefit from taking a deeper dive into the fashion industrial complex before laying blame on an entire sex.
Chapter 3 - feathers in fashion - feels pretty lazy.
He takes every opportunity to put blame on the women consumers. He calls Marie Antoinette “patient zero” for wearing a feather her husband, the King of France, gave her and then blames that single moment for 80 years of feather trade.
He also chooses a quote from Elizabeth Cady Stanton who claims that fashions are derived from “French courtesans” and those who abide by them have chosen a mindless life of pleasing men.
Such a narrow view and adds little value to the text.
Johnson has clearly never listens to the Cerulean sweater monologue in Devil Wears Prada. He’d benefit from taking a deeper dive into the fashion industrial complex before laying blame on an entire sex.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
sad
fast-paced
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced