Migrations

The Arctic terns are the birds with the longest migratory routes. Each year they fly all the way from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. In this novel we're in a not-too-distant future that lost most of its wildlife. Our protagonist Franny is an ornithologist who wants to follow one of the last flocks of arctic terns on their arduous journey from pole to pole. Alongside birds and land creatures, most fish have gone extinct as well. Franny manages to secure herself a passage on one of the few leftover fishing boats. While strictly opposing all fishing like the rest of the nature-minded world, the promise of discovering rare fish swarms along the birds feeding route, is her ticket onto the boat.

Of people driven by a cause, an inner wilderness, that they can't shake. A very topical tale juxtaposing the people trying to save the planet, and those that get told they need to completely uproot their life and everything they know. I would have liked a bit more about the birds, and less about Franny's mysterious past and inner demons, but nevertheless, this was a wonderful read.

The fishing boat crew was fun, but felt forced like a perfectly diverse and interesting crew of characters selected for a TV show. Not real.