Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

H wie Habicht by Helen Macdonald

6 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

It's a beautiful book, largely about the author's grief around loosing her father, closely followed by a retelling of the biography of a horrible, flawed man and his hawk from the past. The passages about her hawk are so real you feel she's preening her feathers in front of you but these are third to the aforementioned.

Perhaps I'd built this book up too much in my head. After all, it's on a subject I find so interesting and I've had it on my shelf a good four years before it was read. It was slow and I found myself disappointed that the book neatly finished, only to start yet ANOTHER chapter. I wouldn't read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Depression, antidepressants, hunting, hunting of animals, guns, misogyny

caramiaculpa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Read this for Defector Reads a Book and was not disappointed. Yes, it’s a mix of biography, memoir, and treatise on grief. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Outing, Colonisation, and War

drone232's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is about a man and woman trying to find themselves in two different time periods. It is about the author, Helen, whose father just died, and she is trying to distract herself from the pain by buying a hawk to train. She is already experienced in raising birds, but managing a hawk proves quite challenging, especially for someone emotionally insecure like her. She is, at the same time, entranced by the life story of author T.H. White a generation past who also tried to raise a hawk, and had no idea what he was doing. He wanted to find manhood and wildness in the act, but only proves how naive he is. This is a deep and compelling book about human nature with occasional tidbits about birds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia

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

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

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