marisqwksa 's review for:

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

5.0

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This is one of the best books I've ever read. The prose is absolutely stunning. I'll be revisiting sentences for many years, memorizing them, hoarding them like glittering fragments of light. It's a grief memoir that doesn't just narrate, but embodies, the author's grief. It's a naturalist book that interrogates and upends the romanticism of the wild. It's an historic study of predators, both avian and human. It's brimming with heart. I loved it.