Reviews

Die unendliche Geschichte by Michael Ende

elysehdez19's review against another edition

4.0

Hay libros que parecen ser para niños, pero los disfrutas de igual (o mejor) forma cuando eres adulto. Este es uno de ellos sin duda. Una lectura muy amena y que me hizo volver a sentirme una niña.

jpalomav's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Fun story always worrying about the main character and what he’s losing when trying to help others. Definitely different from the movie from what I can remember. 

hollzmj's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

avamatt1013's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mattia_masciadra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

alexy_lynx's review against another edition

2.0

"Quitarle a un violinista el violín o a un rey su corona era peor que llevarse el dinero de un banco."

adamskiboy528491's review against another edition

4.25

 A troubled, insecure young boy named Bastian, who loves to read, happens upon an antique bookstore owned by Mr. Coreander when hiding from some bullies. Inside Mr Coreander's shop, Bastian comes across a book titled The Neverending Story, which claims to have "No ending." Unable to resist, Bastian steals the book and hides in the school attic, where he can read it undisturbed. The book is the story of an otherworldly Native American boy named Atreyu on a quest to save a magical land from vanishing. As Bastian reads more and more of the story, he finds that the book seems to be aware of him. Eventually, it is revealed that the magical land within the book is another dimension encompassing the human imagination, and only a human with creative ideas can save it. 

 

Bastian is then transported to the world, where he finds that every wish he makes will come true. However, he begins to lose a part of himself for every wish he makes. The story purposefully has lots of loose ends (in the form of left-off side stories and secondary characters) to drive home the point that it is a "Neverending Story". In addition, there is a scene where, to convince Bastian that this is "real", the Childlike Empress tells the Historian to read the story over, which includes what Bastian did that day. This gets them all stuck into a time loop until Bastian accepts it and enters the story. 

 

This story is one of the most prominent deconstructions of the worldbuilding trope. Many chapters end by tailing off abruptly, excusing themselves by saying that it's "another story for another time."  It gets through illustrating people, places and things and then stops because the story recognises that a world should be far greater than the narrative it serves. Fully fleshing it all out would bog the story down in endless descriptions of yet more people, places and things to explain where these people, places and things came from. In doing so, it posits that you'd have to write a neverending story to realise a fictional setting fully. 

 

The frame narrative and structure of the story are very engaging. The fact that The Neverending Story (in-universe, that is) is regarded as a "no ending" book, it purposefully leaves almost all subplots -  such as what happened to the four messengers, Cairon's fate after meeting Atreyu, the adventures of Hero Hynreck, what became of Ghemmal and Sikanda — hanging. I also liked the story's moral, which is that anyone can be a hero. 

heathergstl's review against another edition

5.0

SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE! And I LOVE the movie!

lauracooleyjohnson's review against another edition

3.0

Das Buch Die Unendliche Geschichte war mir geschenkt als ich ein 15 jährige Teenager war, und neulich die Deutsche Sprache lernt. Es ist wirklich eines besonderes Buch, mit zwei verschiedenen Farben gedruckt (Rot for Fantasien und Grün für Wirklichkeit). Aber das Buch war zu schwierig für mich und ich habe es damals nicht abgeschlossen. Vor kurzem, hab ich entdeckt daß meine Biliothek viele Deutsche AudioBücher zum Ausleihen verfügbar hat. Glücklicherweise, ist Die Unendliche Geschichte auch dazu. So, ich habe 15 Stunde zugehört, und diesesmal hab ich verstanden und es geschafft. Die Geschichte is am Anfang Ähnlich wie im Film. Aber der Film endet in der Mitte des Buchs, und der letze Teil war sehr “Meta” als wir auf English sagen. Es war eine Reise durch Bastian’s Inneres, um sich Selbst zu finden und zu lieben. Dieses Teil war nicht wirchlich eine Kinder Geschichte. Es war teilweise langweilig, teilweise komisch mit verschiedene verückte Geschöpfe des Fantasiens. Aber am Ende war es befriedigend.

kashna83's review against another edition

4.0

Review escrita en 2008

"Me gustaría saber", se dijo, "qué pasa realmente en un libro cuando está cerrado. Naturalmente, dentro hay solo letras impresas sobre el papel, pero, sin embargo... algo debe pasar, porque cuando lo abro aparece de pronto una historia entera, Dentro hay personas que no conozco todavía, y todas las aventuras, hazañas y peleas posibles... y a veces se producen tormentas en el mar o se llega a países o ciudades exóticos. Todo eso está en el libro de algún modo. Para vivirlo hay que leerlo, eso está claro. Pero está dentro ya antes. Me gustaría saber de qué modo."

Y de pronto sintió que el momento era casi solemne.

Se sentó derecho, cogió el libro, lo abrió por la primera página y comenzó a leer...


Y de esta forma empieza a leer Bastian esta maravillosa historia, en la que me siento en cierto modo identificada (aunque suene triste reconocerlo). Solo recuerdo haber visto la película y que me fascinó. Hace poco vi el libro en edición de bolsillo y aproveché para comprarlo, ya que de pequeña no había tenido la oportunidad de leerlo. Ahora me gustaría volver a tener 10 años para poder disfrutarlo...


¡Pero que digo! ¡Si mientras lo leo, me siento como si volviese a tener 10 años!