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jamie_von_hagen's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
jess_mango's review
4.0
Vesper Flights is a collection of beautifully written long essays about nature and animals. Macdonald has a way with words and does a wonderful job sharing her love of the animal kingdom. The whole vibe of the book overall is very meditative and relaxing, even when she is discussing animals in trouble. She uses her observations of animals to highlight things she's learned about herself and humanity. This is a great book to read in several doses during quiet moments.
If you haven't read her previous book, the memoir H is for Hawk, I highly recommend that one as well!
Thank you to the publisher for the advanced review copy of this book!
If you haven't read her previous book, the memoir H is for Hawk, I highly recommend that one as well!
Thank you to the publisher for the advanced review copy of this book!
wanderingmole's review
5.0
“All of us have to live our lives most of the time inside the protective structures that we have built; none of us can bear too much reality. We need our books, our craft projects, our dogs and knitting, our movies, gardens and gigs. It’s who we are. We’re held together by our lives, our interests, and all our chosen comforts. But we can’t have only those things, because then we can’t work out where we should be headed.
Swifts aren’t always cresting the atmospheric boundary layer at dizzying heights; most of the time they are living below it in thick and complicated air. That’s where they feed and mate and bathe and drink and are. But to find out about important things that will affect their lives, they must go higher to survey the wider scene, and there communicate with others about the larger forces impinging on their realm.”
Swifts aren’t always cresting the atmospheric boundary layer at dizzying heights; most of the time they are living below it in thick and complicated air. That’s where they feed and mate and bathe and drink and are. But to find out about important things that will affect their lives, they must go higher to survey the wider scene, and there communicate with others about the larger forces impinging on their realm.”
jemmacm's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.5