Snapper
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780755396191 (0755396197)
Publish date: April 1st 2013
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Environment,
Nature,
Contemporary,
Animals,
Short Stories,
Birds
Somewhere between a three- and a four-star book. Full review to come.
This started out with a lot of promise. Socially inept middle-aged ornithologist teams with with college student as they pursue birds for a state survey over the summer.The narrative doesn't stay on that path however, and soon becomes less interesting. Written entirely in the first person, the book ...
It’s a confusing world. Nathan Lochmueller drifts into professional birdwatching, earning just enough money to make it each day. In his work, Nathan encounters not only quirky and intriguing birds, but a whole planet of quirky and intriguing people. Unexpectedly delightful.
It's hard to say what attracted me to this book in the first place. Certainly not the "main" storyline - Nathan and his ethereal, unattainable (I believe the popular term these days is "manic pixie dream girl"). I think it was the promise of the setting-as-character trope. Usually an interesting ...
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