Tigers in Red Weather

Such an incredible book. Padel writes a novel like a poem, and captures the essence of the tiger and why it is so important that we save it from destruction in the wild. A must read for everyone.

In search of tigers and discovering horrors relating to all the horrors wherever she went. So well written - her description of Buddhists (who don't kill) skinning alive a shuddering-in-its-agony python is the most chilling 'killing' I have ever read. More forceful for the very reason of the sheer hypocrisy the 'Buddhists' were guilty of it. They care for creatures, don't they? No. Not so. Reminded me of the Thai Buddhist Temple - a sop to gullible tourists who want to touch tigers. Police found 33 tiger cubs in the Temple deep freeze. Farmed for body parts, sold to Chinese. It's time we all woke up. Ruth doesn't pull any punches, softened only by her beautiful prose, poetic prose. I'd risk saying essential reading.

I am still reading it. Taking my time as it is a thought provoking book.Ruth Padel is a wonderful writer and I look forward to reading more of her poetry and prose.Her descritptions of tiger habitats make one feel alongside her.v

Ms. Padel has written an excellent book about tigers, their landscapes, personalities, and the hopelessness of the tiger situation in today's world. Full of information, the book traces her experiences in fits and starts as she discovers the real situation tigers are facing.A very readable book of the "Can't put down" variety suitable for anyone who cares, (and all those who don"t!!!)

I found the main parts of the book, the information about the tigers and how they are being hunted and poached out of existence, extremely interesting and informative, not to mention terribly sad. For that reason I'm so glad I soldiered on and read when at times the going got sticky. Ruth Padel's descriptions are sometimes startlingly clear and you sometimes feel the heat of the jungle or the damp of the forest. Having said that, as she went from place to place it did become a bit of a catalog and the long line of rangers and wildlife researchers she meets become a bit of a blur.However I did find the personal elements rather trying and downright annoying by the end. I realise the author wanted us to know that she set out on her quest to find out about the true situation of wild tigers in the world today because she got her heart broken, but I didn't feel her outpourings added anything to the book.

Just could not get interested in this book. I read about 100pages and then gave up. Just not my type of book I suppose. I gave it to the hospital charity shop.