Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

H wie Habicht, by Helen Macdonald

6 reviews

youngsk's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Homophobia

shreyavolety's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

"I’d look down on the world below, basking in the fierce calm that comes from being invisible but seeing everything. Watching, not doing. Seeking safety in not being seen. It’s a habit you can fall into, willing yourself into invisibility. And it doesn’t serve you well in life. Believe me it doesn’t."

I could either write a review that spans thousands of words, or I could say nothing to at all, and it still wouldn't really capture how much this strange memoir impacted me. This deserves a re-read, and the only reason it's at 4.5 stars is because I intend to come back some time again later this year, to bump that to 5. I am novice to nature writing, and I never expected a book about losing a father and FALCONRY, of all things, to be my entry point. But here we are. I may have highlighted almost everything in this book. Helen Macdonald is a treasure, and so is Mabel, her glorious hawk. I never expected to learn this much T.H. White, Goshawks, Arthurianian legend, and human isolation from one memoir, but I have. And it was a complete delight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

jennifair'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, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/injury detail, Xenophobia, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

jessthanthree's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death

magickshop's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

If I could rate this book 20 stars I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Pedophilia

Significant, non-graphic discussions of T.H. White’s pedophilia; the tone is academic.

janice_sumka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness