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A review by baileybrett
Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales: A Memoir by Doreen Cunningham
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
4.25
I was the target audience for this book. I love - love -- nature memoirs that bend genres. You want to talk about the history of whaling in the Arctic and tie it into your own life story? I'm here for it.
There's no doubt Doreen is a thoughtful, considerate author, and occasionally her writing and insight rocked. But also... there were so, so many threads in this book. The glimmers where they sort of kind of came together -- they come together if you squint-- were lovely. And also... as a whole, the narrative never fully cohered for me. Worth reading, and plenty of quiet passion, but man, I would have loved to edit this work.
Readalike: Why Fish Don't Exist, by Lulu Miller.
There's no doubt Doreen is a thoughtful, considerate author, and occasionally her writing and insight rocked. But also... there were so, so many threads in this book. The glimmers where they sort of kind of came together -- they come together if you squint-- were lovely. And also... as a whole, the narrative never fully cohered for me. Worth reading, and plenty of quiet passion, but man, I would have loved to edit this work.
Readalike: Why Fish Don't Exist, by Lulu Miller.