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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Enjoyable but not Nesbit's strongest--less whimsical and more repetitive, with some pretty gross antisemitism in one chapter. I do really like her vision of the future and the strange ending.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Those are adorable tales and it's so good for children to be exposed to how life used to be over 100 years ago.
I really love this whole series by E Nesbit. I remember first reading them all: Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and this one, when I was pretty young. They all have lots of great and magical adventures that 5 siblings experience. And even though they were written in the early 1900's, I feel like they still hold up well and still seem almost "modern" in a way.
Well, now I think [a:C.S. Lewis|1069006|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564671804p2/1069006.jpg] stole shamelessly from Edith Nesbit. There are the four children, two boys and two girls (including the youngest) like Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy in [b:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353029077l/100915._SY75_.jpg|4790821] and subsequent Narnia books. There is travel through an archway that's reminiscent of travel through the wardrobe. The amulet itself is a bit like the rings in [b:The Magician's Nephew|65605|The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308814770l/65605._SY75_.jpg|1031537], and the Queen of Babylonia is more than a little like the Queen of Charn--only she brings a biting social perspective on wage slavery to the story! The professor in this book does not have the same personality as either Digory's uncle or Digory himself, but structurally, he plays a similar role.
The other unfortunate similarity is the casual antisemitism and xenophobia you find in British writers of this era. That's why, even though I enjoyed this book and especially the ending, I had to dock one star from my rating.
The other unfortunate similarity is the casual antisemitism and xenophobia you find in British writers of this era. That's why, even though I enjoyed this book and especially the ending, I had to dock one star from my rating.
The third and final adventure of the five children, who upon reuniting with It find half an amulet and go through a series of (mis)adventures to find the other half and be granted one last wish.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No