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A review by brandypainter
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose
4.0
I am not a person who thinks much or cares much about birds. In fact, I have only ever entertained two thoughts about them:
1. They are frequently tasty.
2. They are annoying when I'm trying to sleep in.
This book had me seriously interested in the fate of a bird and through him an entire species of birds. Well done, Mr. Hoose. For anyone who thinks scientific non-fiction can't have plot I offer up this book to prove you wrong. As you read you can't help but cheer and fear for B95 as he makes his perilous journey from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic and back again. Through the story of this bird's migratory journey Hoose supplies the reader with knowledge of shorebirds, their environment, what they eat, how humans are impacting them, and the scientists that track them. The importance of conservation and the fragile balance of ecosystems is woven throughout the book. I found it to emphasized enough to convey its import, while managing to just avoid didacticism.
There were several inserts I found to be distracting that pulled me away from the well written narrative that is core of the book.
1. They are frequently tasty.
2. They are annoying when I'm trying to sleep in.
This book had me seriously interested in the fate of a bird and through him an entire species of birds. Well done, Mr. Hoose. For anyone who thinks scientific non-fiction can't have plot I offer up this book to prove you wrong. As you read you can't help but cheer and fear for B95 as he makes his perilous journey from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic and back again. Through the story of this bird's migratory journey Hoose supplies the reader with knowledge of shorebirds, their environment, what they eat, how humans are impacting them, and the scientists that track them. The importance of conservation and the fragile balance of ecosystems is woven throughout the book. I found it to emphasized enough to convey its import, while managing to just avoid didacticism.
There were several inserts I found to be distracting that pulled me away from the well written narrative that is core of the book.