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H is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald
Listened to this on audio. It was narrated by the author who has nice voice and a smooth British accent.
I liked this book and I wanted to love it, but ultimately I had to take away a star. This book has a lot going on. It's a book about falconing and hawks, but it is also a grief memoir recalling the period in the author's life when she struggled with the unexpected loss of her father. It also follows her experience as she trains her first goshawk named Mabel during that same time period. It's also partly a biography of T.H. White as she weaves in his life and works as they apply to her life and work.
It is beautifully written. Her descriptions of all the things she encounters and recalls, the English country side, the wildlife, her birds, her interactions with friends and herself. Her interpretations on T.H. White's tragic life and his attempts to train a goshawk similar to herself. She makes thoughtful, touching, and sometimes painful observations of the world through her eyes, the eyes of her hawk, and the eyes of T.H. White.
That being said, there were times when the book lost me. I would also find myself having trouble following timelines or staying with her as she talked on about things. I would find that at times it was a bit too much. I feel like it may have benefited to be slightly shorter.
But overall, I highly recommend this book. It was a wonderful read and a great audio book. Very touching and emotional and very well done.
I liked this book and I wanted to love it, but ultimately I had to take away a star. This book has a lot going on. It's a book about falconing and hawks, but it is also a grief memoir recalling the period in the author's life when she struggled with the unexpected loss of her father. It also follows her experience as she trains her first goshawk named Mabel during that same time period. It's also partly a biography of T.H. White as she weaves in his life and works as they apply to her life and work.
It is beautifully written. Her descriptions of all the things she encounters and recalls, the English country side, the wildlife, her birds, her interactions with friends and herself. Her interpretations on T.H. White's tragic life and his attempts to train a goshawk similar to herself. She makes thoughtful, touching, and sometimes painful observations of the world through her eyes, the eyes of her hawk, and the eyes of T.H. White.
That being said, there were times when the book lost me. I would also find myself having trouble following timelines or staying with her as she talked on about things. I would find that at times it was a bit too much. I feel like it may have benefited to be slightly shorter.
But overall, I highly recommend this book. It was a wonderful read and a great audio book. Very touching and emotional and very well done.