Skaife gives tours of the tower, and his book read like a tour guide. In the end, I felt like I didn't really know a lot about him or the birds beyond the surface. Many of the chapters were rather dry. Maybe there just wasn't enough information to fill and entire book.

The warders tell visitors that the legend dates back to Charles II, but in the book, Skaife admits that there's no evidence of it prior to the late 1800's. He thinks it's a story created by the early tour guides to amuse visitors. I think he's probably right.