A review by kaminskygirl
Birdgirl: A Young Environmentalist Looks to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig

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.