A review by tibbarasden
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.

Ended up DNFing at 84 pages. I tried, but I just could not get into this book. It really lacked focus and cohesion. The author jumps from thought to thought and quotes T.H. White way too often. I get that the White was a major influence, but I wanted more focus on the author's journey through grief and bonding with the hawk. Plus, if the author is going to reference White, it would have worked better if they had done so by tying it into how it relates to something specific with their own hawk. I didn't pick up this book to get a biography on White. When the author does talk about their hawk, it is disjointed, as are the memories of their father. I really had high hopes, but after struggling through the 84 pages and having to force myself to even pick it up, I decided this book wasn't for me.