Jeff

High water mark of the series, maybe topped only once or twice before the finale trilogy with Brandon Sanderson. So many great moments throughout:

• Callandor and the limits of The Power


• Perrin and Faile and the scourging of the Two Rivers


• First encounter with the Eelfinn and the Aelfinn


• Tel'aran'rhiod and its inhabitants


• Discovering more of The Forsaken


• The history and truth of the Aiel

Watership Down for birders.

I'm surprised this was developed into a screenplay; it can get a little impenetrable when goes into detail about bird biology, scientific species names, and flight terminology. It's an interesting concept, but I'm not sticking around for fourteen(!) more books without something stronger to hold onto.

God, my feet hurt just reading this.

I actually liked this better than the Ga'Hoole books, although I guess it has the advantage of the worldbuilding already laid down in the original series. The six–year-old is into wolves right now, so I'm guessing we'll be cranking through this series before getting back to the owls. Six books is an easier pill to swallow than 15 at least.

This was good for some light chills, but (ironically) it felt about as deep as the pixel-thin façade alluded to in the descriptions of the willow world. I kept expecting it to tie back in to the divorce or something. All the stuff to do with the willow world was very effective though. I'd watch a film adaptation of this for sure.