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Dane Huckelbridge hails from the American Middle West and studied history at Princeton University, His writing has appeared in Tin House, The New Republic, and New Delta Review; he is at work on a new book tracing the history of beer in America.

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There’s nothing better than a historical event so exciting it needs no embellishment. This true story was well told, with lots of supporting side stories to give it greater depth. Well worth the time.
 
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BBrookes | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Nov 14, 2023 |
Reason Read: bookclub pick May 2023
Well, I did not vote for this. This is a debut novel and I felt it was uneven. The story was mostly not believable but could have been a fun read. The use of profanity was not necessary and even jarring at times. I did not feel it was a well written novel though it was a story with some emotional moments and some humor. I rate it a C-.
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Kristelh | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | May 16, 2023 |
It was a good story overall, I give it three full stars. The actual tale of the story of the Champawat Tiger takes up maybe an eighth of this book. The majority of the book is filled in with facts and details of tigers, their locations, their physical makeup , their astounding nature, and the many tales of man-killing/eating tigers. Jim Corbett 's familial history, biography and the history of the Nepalese people and the Champawat region are what fills in the totality of the book.

The author, Dane Huckenbridge, does an ample job of writing and is clearly a good writer as what is written is done quite well. My big beef is that the whole focus of the title and for that matter the focus of the book is the Champawat tiger, which hardly gets any book space comparatively speaking. Where are the 436 victims? Where is the Champawat tiger? There has to be something out there in which to write about instead of writing around the antagonist, focusing only on the instant of demise instead of giving her (it was a female...no real spoiler there) life. I mean, here is an animal that Huckenbridge argues is the most prolific killer of humans of all time and we really get nothing but the end of the story.

Would I recommend this? I don't know. If I did I would have to note my complaint to those that are asking. Again, I am not saying that what is written was bad, I actually enjoyed what was in the book. I only have the one real complaint, but it is a big one...tiger sized.
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Schneider | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Apr 12, 2023 |
No Beast So Fierce by Dane Hucklebridge is the story of a man-eating tiger and the hunt that eventually brought her down. In the early 1900s, the Champawt Tiger was responsible for over 430 deaths over a 9 year period. The books details the pursuit of this tiger as well as providing a lot of information about tigers in general, their habitats, feeding patterns, physical and behavioral attributes, their origins and the myths that have risen up around them. The author also reflects upon the course of the colonization of India and the detrimental effect this had on nature as well as the people.

There have been some well known and documented cases concerning man-eaters such as a female tiger responsible for over 100 deaths in 1997, and, in 2014 a tiger that left a National Park attacked 10 people over a 6 week period. While man-eaters aren’t common, there have been enough cases to provide some information. Of 18 man-eaters examined after death, 10 of them had physical injuries to their teeth or paws that would encourage them to go for easy prey like men. The Champawt Tiger showed damage to her jaws that appeared to have been caused by a gun.

I learned a lot about tigers from this book so I am happy to have read it but I did have a few problems with the writing as the author seemed to stretch the story out by repeating himself and the facts. And although there were a lot of facts to absorb, he also adds his own thoughts and guesswork into events where there is little to no documentation, leaving this reader unsure of what is the truth and what is supposition. But overall I found No Beast So Fierce to be a horrendous yet fascinating story.
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DeltaQueen50 | 13 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 20, 2023 |

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