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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
I listened to the audiobook. I had a lot of trouble getting into it at first. Then I tried listening from the beginning at a faster speed which seemed to help. The book is very well written in prose you can dive into. I loved learning more about her hawk Mabel and falconry in general. Now I want to read The Once and Future King since T. H. White is such a character in her story.
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I love T H White so of course I would love this book about training a goshawk. Not sure why it appeals to others enough to make it a bestseller.
hopeful
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This reminded me of Why Fish Don't Exist but it is more of a memoir. My favorite parts were about the author's relationship with her father and her memories of his life and stories.
I think I wasn't quite sold on White's story for how big of a part it plays in the book.
I think I wasn't quite sold on White's story for how big of a part it plays in the book.
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emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
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It was written beautifully, but started to feel kinda repetitive for me. I wasn't anticipating how much the book would turn out to be kinda a biography/critical analysis of an author I'd never heard of rather than focused on the author, her hawk, and her grief about her father. Interesting at times, but I think I would have preferred a bit more attention to her own life than that of the other author who also wrote about his hawk.
Not my thing. Too much waxing poetic, too much sadness.
challenging
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this is very insightful and it felt very academic. gave me lots to think about but i did really struggle to get through it due to its dense nature.
i also do not know much about falconry so im sure that contributed to the feeling.
felt the discussions about White’s sexuality to be especially fascinating to me in particular
i also do not know much about falconry so im sure that contributed to the feeling.
felt the discussions about White’s sexuality to be especially fascinating to me in particular
