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Bambi by Barbara Cooney, Felix Salten

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kcrawfish's review against another edition

5.0

Treasure.

This is a true coming of age story. The movie is there, in the subtext, but this story is far richer and darker and fuller than the well-known movie version.

Bambi is a sweet fawn who’s faced with death, love, kindness, cruelty, and eventually grows to be a protector, but also isolated from the other creatures of the forest, including those he loves. He’s worn by his own dark circumstances, and the visions of death he must deal with daily in the wild. He definitely depicts a deer, and each animal’s dialogue seems to depict its species fittingly.

I loved this book. It’s worth a read.

jade's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Content Warnings

is_book_loring's review against another edition

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3.0

Okay, so the message was? Maybe the writer was like 'Human, you are not God! Hear it? There is God above all of us, all else and you are not It.' Funny though, that the animal characters lacked something distinct, something that didn't sound too human-kind of emotions and habits.
Here, I am wondering. Is killing okay as long as it's on an equal ground? Seems like only when one side is much more powerful, inexplicably, unnaturally so, then it took the face of monsters. Why expecting a fair fight?
Anyway, lovely prose though, with such gorgeous illustration of nature and the passage of seasons.