This is the exact kind of book I should like, but it was not what I was expecting. This was supposed to be a book about birding and conservation, but it was more about the author's journey to birding. Which is fine-- but the synopsis and marketing should be different, as it seemed misleading. Of the chapters I did read, I struggled HARD with the writing. Every other sentence had a word I didn't know or understand. I felt like I needed a Ph.D. just to understand the descriptive words. Speaking of descriptive words-- how many different words do you need to use to describe the color green in ONE sentence?? This story was also very non-linear and didn't flow well at all for me. I had to DNF because I was actually getting frustrated reading this.