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A review by lani_neumann
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
4.0
So much of this book is about grief and grieving and I love the novel way in which it is explored though hawks.
In the beginning the author's father dies - suddenly and unexpectedly. And all that happens afterwards has direct parallels to this huge sadness she is trying to process.
The tales of falconry and her work with a young Goshawk are fascinating. It was truly absorbing to read about her attempts at understanding her goshawk as she also wrestled with her grief.
What I could've used much, much less of was her inclusion of the author T. S White's own attempts to tame a goshawk decades before.
IMO the book doesn't need his story. Helen Macdonald's own story is enough.
Part of a five book series with the theme of birds/flight from my TBR list:
Book 1: Bluebird, Bluebird
Book 2: H is for Hawk
Book 3: Alchemy of a Blackbird
Book 4: Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Blackman in the Natural World
Book 5: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
In the beginning the author's father dies - suddenly and unexpectedly. And all that happens afterwards has direct parallels to this huge sadness she is trying to process.
The tales of falconry and her work with a young Goshawk are fascinating. It was truly absorbing to read about her attempts at understanding her goshawk as she also wrestled with her grief.
What I could've used much, much less of was her inclusion of the author T. S White's own attempts to tame a goshawk decades before.
IMO the book doesn't need his story. Helen Macdonald's own story is enough.
Part of a five book series with the theme of birds/flight from my TBR list:
Book 1: Bluebird, Bluebird
Book 2: H is for Hawk
Book 3: Alchemy of a Blackbird
Book 4: Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Blackman in the Natural World
Book 5: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle