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A review by the_midnight_librarian
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
4.0
I picked this book up, spur of the moment, after my brother passed. I felt it was a good first read in the after math of his passing. Sy Montgomery makes me feel comfortable being vulnerable with animals. I've always been "emotional" and break into tears anytime I think about putting my cat down or run over an animal on the road that has already been hit and killed. So to explore these feelings deeper when dealing with the loss of my brother made me feel OK with being vulnerable and emotional with the little things, with the understanding that everyone grieves differently, and to take that grief and learn from the life I did live with animals and people who have passed in my life.
This book was also fairly informative particularly that Giant Pacific Red Octopus Females still lay eggs even if they're not fertilized, giving up their well being to protect eggs that will never hatch.
I loved the cover art for this book but wish that the illustrations with in were just as glamorous. Although a few were still dynamic in how they were illustrated, I feel like the composition for most of them could have been better.
This book was also fairly informative particularly that Giant Pacific Red Octopus Females still lay eggs even if they're not fertilized, giving up their well being to protect eggs that will never hatch.
I loved the cover art for this book but wish that the illustrations with in were just as glamorous. Although a few were still dynamic in how they were illustrated, I feel like the composition for most of them could have been better.