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Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig

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bettycrocker101's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

christcore's review against another edition

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4.0

Cute, decently written, and nicely balanced between the birding and other aspects of her life. Absolutely wild how central birding is to this family. Realistic and sensitive discussions of her mom's bipolar disorder and how it affected the whole family. Story about a bump on her head made me squirm...

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lenoradavis's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

kaminskygirl's review against another edition

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3.0

I really wanted to like this book, but ultimately felt myself having to drag myself along in order to finish it. The writing read like a teenager wrote it (which is true) but also like it could have used some heavy editing by the publisher - which it didn’t appear to have received. I also felt myself getting frustrated with the explanations given for the importance of fighting against the climate crisis while also saying that their privileged world-traveling was acceptable. And the endless tails of birding successes - when, as a fellow birder, I know how frequently bird hunts end without finding a target species or individual - made the book feel inauthentic and fake.

Good idea - good real-life work - just wish it was written and shared in a better way.