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I appreciated the history of why birds were hunted to the point of extinction for their feathers and how the laws that are in place to protect them now were put into action. I also now know a lot more than I thought I would ever need to know about fly-tying. The overall drive to have the genuine feathers as a status symbol in the community was insane. I wanted to shake a whole bunch of people in this book.

I felt like the "true crime" aspect of this book really dragged it down a bit, though. There was never some major "aha!" moments or anything and was just a weird obsession for the author (who was into fly fishing) wanting to understand why a major fly-tier stole a bunch of birds from the museum and then taking it upon himself to try to find the missing birds after the museum had already made it clear that from a scientific point, the birds would no longer hold value since the tags would have been removed by that point.

I'm not mad that I put time into it, but it isn't something I would ever have interest in reading again, and definitely not one that I would feel a need to recommend to others. I do, however, want to learn more about the history of bird feathers in fashion.

This is one of those books that will change the way you view the animals of the world. We take for granted just how amazing and mind-blowing the animal senses are and just accept them for being the way they are. Or maybe that's just me. But this has absolutely changed my view on a lot of things. I will certainly not look at an animal the same, even my dog.

There is a whole crap ton of information on here, so do not expect this to be a quick read. However, Young does a really great job of giving you the abundance of information in a way that doesn't make you feel like you're in a college class.

I did listen to the audiobook which Young reads himself. He did a really great job with his cadence and pacing so would definitely recommend the audiobook if you would be interested in it.

I cannot say enough about this book, read it!

If you can, listen to the audiobook for this one. It really feels like you're just sitting in a room with Anna while she's telling you about her life. I'm always wary of celebrities reading their own books due to so many reading like a monotonous professor at a 4am class. This is not like that at all.

Before Into the Woods, I had no idea that Anna had been on Broadway, so I learned a lot about her life and the starting of her career at a young age. She weaves her humor through the book along with some serious topics/moments and it works very well. There's a surprisingly great balance between the two so you don't feel like she's just trying to make a funny book or trying to make you pity her.

Overall this is one of the first biographies by a comedian that I actually truly enjoyed.