The Language of the Birds Book Review

Arizona is just seventeen and lost of father a few weeks before. It is hard enough to deal with the world around her without having to deal with her own grief. On a small trip to spread her father’s ashes, her mother is taken hostage and Arizona has to save her with her love of numbers, science, riddles, and puzzles. She’ll have to step way outside her comfort zone to save her mom and discover what secrets her father took to his grave.

What did I think of this story? Let me start by saying that wherever the author had their notes to keep the story straight had to be a sight. This was not a story to write for those who don’t want a challenge. The entire plot is comprised of history, legend, science, math, and cryptography. In fact, my brain was spinning most of the time trying to follow it all. For some of you, that might cause you to rush out to buy it. For others, you might decide to take a pass, but maybe you shouldn’t.

I really did enjoy this book as it took me around areas I mostly have never been and were based on real places and people. A few things I looked up to test the validity of the factual parts only to find that the author had done the intense research needed. I found all of that interesting. Just some of the clues had me baffled as my brain doesn’t work that way, but it was still fun to try to follow along with the extremely smart Arizona.