A sweet and heartwarming story about a family- the parents die in an accident and the 3 kids are navigating life without them. There is some toxic family situations as growing up the parents are all about their show cockatoo, Coco. Aden is executor of the estate and his younger sister has been holding things together. Their youngest brother is 13 and still navigating through life and his place in the family. Aden opens the cage and asks Coco to go, then they try to catch her as they monitor her ID chip, like a collar, as she flies across the country.
The symbolism is pretty in your face here- flying the coop, working together towards a common goal, finding their freedom in their family connection. It isn’t sad as I thought it would be, the narrative mostly revolves around their common mission to bring Coco home.
the polarizing part is going to be the chapters (these are short/small) that are from the birds POV. On the audiobook she uses a child-like voice for Coco, some people really hate animal POV, but these are heartwarming and charming if you like this kind of thing.
Audiobook review- easy to follow, sweet and charming audiobook performance.
Thanks to netGalley and Brilliance Audio for the ALC. Book available now.
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