BookTube Prize 2026 Octofinals | NonFiction Group A (Reviews + Ranking)

It could be really moving at times. I mean, she is reflecting on the death of her father and her sister, but yeah, just not the structure that I was I was looking for. So, this one I gave a two and a half out of five.

It's very detailed, but there were points where I was very engaged with it. I found it a lot easier to get through it when I was listening to the audiobook rather than when I was trying to physically read it with my eyeballs at the end of a workday. it just it made it a bit easier to absorb all of the information cuz there were times where it did feel like sloggy.

In the number three spot, I put not my type. And I think this one, , I was just pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was to listen to.

I would recommend many of these books to people, but this one just had that little extra specialness to it that I wasn't expecting and I really needed in the moment. So, it gets to be number one.

And so this book is so well done, but you really have to be in the right headsp space to be able to read it because it is going to take a lot out of you. So this book is also a four out of five. but it is really good, but my reading experience was just a tough a tough one.

If you are a lover of animal books, this is absolutely something you have to read. And even if you're more like me and you don't generally tend to go for nature books, I would say give this one a try.