Compelling ... She charts the varied and conflicting ways in which we conceive of these creatures ... While Morris offers tantalising glimpses of these creatures, I wished there was more in this book about their lives, their anatomy, their relationships and sociability.
Morris takes a commendably evenhanded approach to the debates ... The engaging book covers Morris’ year of research, season by season ... In the end, there are no easy answers, but Morris asks the right questions.
Captivating ... Morris’s evenhanded perspective eschews easy answers, finding instead a knotty parable about humanity’s struggle to live within a natural world that people profoundly shape without ever achieving the absolute control they desire. Philosophical and impressively reported, this enthralls.
A wondrous look at our love-hate relationship with the most human of animals ... Morris, a masterful storyteller, has done full justice to these creatures of the deep.