A review by moonsabr
Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell

hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

4.0

A very beautiful, warmhearted book about a man and his otters. A densely written but emotionally light tale that will be sure to touch your heart when you read it. I found it especially enjoyable to relax in the backyard on a temperate weekend day with a cuppa and comb through Maxwell's prose. His attention to description, both of the emotional and the scenic Scottish countryside, lends itself to a lovely afternoon read. I would recommend this to fans of poetic classics and naturalism. Think a less philosophical, isolationist Thoreau.