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vanessauwu's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.75
8797999's review against another edition
4.0
A very beautifully written book on the Peregrine and nature and I can see why it is held in such high regard. Harking back to a time where there was less urbanisation of the rural areas, I'm sure the places described in the back are now part of a commuter belt. The writing is very good and lyrical and superbly written, as the afterword says such a highly regarded author with only 350 pages published across two works.
The only gflaw to the book is well it is real but seems somewhat stretched with the truth given how the author sees so many kills and remains of kills. Most people who have been out in the countryside and bird watchers would say it is incredible rare to find a dead bird let alone log 600 of them, even for the most ardent of bird watcher. It all sounds too implausable to me.
A wonderful account but blurry between fact and fiction regarding poetic license.
The audiobook is a treat narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
The only gflaw to the book is well it is real but seems somewhat stretched with the truth given how the author sees so many kills and remains of kills. Most people who have been out in the countryside and bird watchers would say it is incredible rare to find a dead bird let alone log 600 of them, even for the most ardent of bird watcher. It all sounds too implausable to me.
A wonderful account but blurry between fact and fiction regarding poetic license.
The audiobook is a treat narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
bart_gunn's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful writing; but highly repetitive in narrative. I just couldn't get excited about picking it up again once I was about a 3rd of the way through
phoenicopterus's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.0
Sooo slow. In essence, each diary entry is nearly indistinguishable from all the others. There is no overarching plot and very little progression in story. Although the repetitive sentence structure admittedly gets old, the prose is quite beautiful, and there are some seriously lovely passages in there.
klimts15thchild's review against another edition
informative
tense
slow-paced
3.0
As someone who skims past setting descriptions, this was not for me. Although I can admit it’s well written.