Reviews tagging 'Grief'

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

30 reviews

wordswithjustine's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

As a fan of The Once and Future King and nature writing and as someone whose dad died less than 2 months ago, this was the right book at the right time for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

As a bit of a T.H. White fan because of The Once and Future King, I was disturbed to learn many challenging things about him that I never knew before. It was interesting, but not always in a good way for me.

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood

youngsk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Death of parent

ehmannky's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

It's weird because there's so much going on in this book and I feel like it shouldn't really work as well as it does. Because it's about falconry, it's about T.H. White, it's about goshawks and creating a bond with nature that is respectful, it's about one woman's specific journey to coping with the sudden and traumatic loss of her father. And it shouldn't work, but the overarching theme of grief really just ties everything together. 

There were parts (especially some of the falconry parts) where I felt myself just sort of skimming, but then they'd be followed by moments of grief I felt were so relatable that I had to put my book down for a moment before I could continue reading. It's a lovely book, and I recommend it to others who are grieving but are put off by the overwhelmingly Christian religious grief-coping books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

dwager's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective

I thought this book would be about hawks, and it was. But I did not realize it was a grief memoir. Very poignant, but it took me longer to read because it was maybe not the right time for me to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cultural appropriation

jenlovesbooksandcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Antisemitism, and Abandonment

_haggis_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

eve81's review against another edition

Considering this is a memoir I was expecting a greater level of self reflection and of reflection on the actions of people in the authors life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death