Bear Witness

(I was sent a review copy of this book by the publisher.) In BEAR WITESS, her rich and complex second novel, Mandy Haggith has written an ecological page-turner set in Norway and Scotland in the not too distant future. Callis MacArthur, a troubled scientist who counts pollen grains, is driven by her......more

Hmmm.... it was okay, but a good editor would surely have cut it down by at least a third. There was a great deal of 'suspend disbelief' - and I'm not talking about the way its set in a future Scotland; I could cope with that, but would a highly educated woman really be so concerned what her friends......more

A better wildlife reintroduction novel than the last book I read, Wolf Border by Sarah Hall, although it suffered from some of the same problems. I'm glad Callis didn't end up with rapist Malcolm, although it would have been more empowering if she had ended the relationship and aborted his baby inste......more

A spectacular adventure, packed with love, grief, joy, and bears.......more