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Whew boy. Excellent, but the ending is *rough*. And, much like Stephen King’s It, it works best if you can ignore one gross, entirely gratuitous scene that has aged very poorly.

jennystout21's review against another edition

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3.0

Very well-written, but a little too slow for my tastes.

kvltprincess's review against another edition

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3.0

This is more a review/reaction of my reading of the book. It's a good book. But something happened near the end that just really upset me, so I'm gonna give it 3 stars so I don't reread it forgetting about that part.

pillywiggin's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed the mystery and suspense, but there were far too many descriptions of bird excrement, and one completely unnecessary scene which really bothered me. I'm glad I read it, but don't think I will reread it in the future.

adamsfall's review against another edition

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3.0

I really wanted to like this one more than I did. The beginning and pacing through the first 2/3 of the book were gripping… then we got to the fucked up bathtub scene and it was downhill from there. This book, much like the big old bird it’s about, never truly learned to soar.

3mangos's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm still deciding how I feel about this book.

bunnieslikediamonds's review against another edition

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3.0

A nasty piece of work. I don't care much for birds, but no matter how sinister looking or oozing of supernatural evil, they don't deserve to be handled by a pair of imbeciles. The couple in this story are incapable of looking after their baby, so it is not surprising they fuck up their inherited cormorant.
Well-written, creepy and most definitely memorable, but a wee bit too disturbing for me.

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