Name: Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots
ISBN: 9780151004959

Jim Paul

An escaped wild parrot, a gift from his father, becomes the catalyst for drawing reclusive poet David Huntington back into the world, where he meets Fern, a lovely scientist with her own interest in the bird.

Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots

Kirsten Simkiss

I think this one would probably be 3.75 stars for me, so I rounded up.

At the start, I wasn't impressed very much. David wasn't likable and Fern was naïve. But they grew, both on you and just in general as characters. I really liked how the story fused together over the course of the story and all the growing the characters had done by the end of it. Despite that I sometimes find large amounts of detail to be overwhelming and pointless, I found it to be very well used in this story. One bird brought two very different worlds together and it's pretty delightful.

I also really want to give the story credit for not making anyone a stereotype, except maybe the villain. But hey, greed is greed.

I don't think it's something I'll read over and over again, but it's definitely something I'd feel comfortable recommending to others.

Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots

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