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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
This is a unique and different book - not one I would normally read. Having said that, I absolutely loved it!
Helen MacDonald does more that chronicles her training of a Hawk. She shares her life, her deepest thoughts, and most of all her journey through the grief of her father's death.
I just loved the fact that this book was narrated by Helen herself (yes I listened on Audible) and somehow it make her journey so much more personal.
You will finish this book and consider, as I did, looking for a Hawk.
Helen MacDonald does more that chronicles her training of a Hawk. She shares her life, her deepest thoughts, and most of all her journey through the grief of her father's death.
I just loved the fact that this book was narrated by Helen herself (yes I listened on Audible) and somehow it make her journey so much more personal.
You will finish this book and consider, as I did, looking for a Hawk.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
this book is beautiful. i knew it would be a 5 star read within the first chapter and it didn’t disappoint. I know why this was one of the best books of the 21st century. it’s a must read. if you love memoirs, books about love, animal friendship, grief and loss, the wild and wilderness, birds, falcons, life, and growth - you must read this book. i can’t recommend it enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
medium-paced
This memoir is rugged and raw and one of the most interestingly written thing I’ve read in a while. It observes the “archaeology of grief,” the wildness of nature touched and untouched by man, and the tragic life of a long dead writer who was abused and closeted—all in order to grapple with the sudden death of her father. Sometimes I had to force myself through it, sometimes I couldn’t put it down. Such a seamless blending of genres and concepts is what literature is all about.
A beautifully written memoir about a woman falconer who gets a goshawk in the wake of her father's death. I didn't realize it was nonfiction until someone told me. The book also tells the story of T.H. White who is the author of Sword in the Stone and his journey with a goshawk. It was tough to get into at the beginning, but your interest in Macdonald grows with the book.
I really struggled with this book, but wanted to like it because it’s so popular in the naturalist community and general public. It was mostly dull and slightly nonsensical, while at the same time the writing was pretty pretentious. Not everything in life has to be a metaphor. I also could not enjoy the blasé way in which the author wrote about falconry and the stress to and confinement of a large hawk it entailed. And please, for the love of God, stop talking about T. H. White.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced