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5elementknitr's review against another edition
5.0
What a delight!
As wonderfully disturbing as per usual for Mr. Gorey.
As wonderfully disturbing as per usual for Mr. Gorey.
antlersantlers's review against another edition
4.0
Humorous poems about child death + Edward Gorey. What's not to love?
pqimparfait's review against another edition
4.0
it's so amusing. but on reading out loud i felt the rhyming lines quite awkward. there was no musicality about it.
booksnwhiskey's review against another edition
3.0
I don't think O has a clue as to what I am reading. There probably is a small age range where these might actually scare a child but once they are 6 I am sure this is just pure fun.
sarah_faichney's review against another edition
5.0
Read with my ten year old and we both loved it! We laughed so much and enjoyed the illustrations too. We read the version illustrated by Basil Temple Blackwood. How wonderful that stories written over 100 years ago are still entertaining children today? Highly recommend!
mw_bookgraph's review against another edition
3.0
I am not filing this under kids because it is WAY too scary. At least for my kiddo.
jeanetterenee's review against another edition
3.0
Crikey! No wonder British children were so well-behaved a hundred years ago. They were scared out of their wits by gruesome accounts of what might happen to youngsters who stepped out of line. Assuming, that is, that the book was actually used for the purpose of cautioning children.
At the beginning of the book it says "Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years." So it seems the author's intent was clear. For adult readers, it's more of a shabby cousin to some of Shel Silverstein's genius--like a Victorian era version of Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out.
There's Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion.
And Matilda, Who told Lies and was Burned to Death.
And Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably.
And quite a few others, including one child who suffers for chewing bits of string. Was that a common form of misbehavior in 1907?
Finally we come to Charles Augustus Fortescue Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune. He's the one held up as a shining example of the rewards of being virtuous. He seems like one of those pretentious, self-righteous little turds that everyone, including the adults, secretly hates.
This is a fun-ish quick read made available thanks to Project Gutenberg.
At the beginning of the book it says "Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years." So it seems the author's intent was clear. For adult readers, it's more of a shabby cousin to some of Shel Silverstein's genius--like a Victorian era version of Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out.
There's Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion.
And Matilda, Who told Lies and was Burned to Death.
And Rebecca, Who slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably.
And quite a few others, including one child who suffers for chewing bits of string. Was that a common form of misbehavior in 1907?
Finally we come to Charles Augustus Fortescue Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune. He's the one held up as a shining example of the rewards of being virtuous. He seems like one of those pretentious, self-righteous little turds that everyone, including the adults, secretly hates.
This is a fun-ish quick read made available thanks to Project Gutenberg.
hikaoru's review against another edition
3.0
Read this because Fixi chose to use a quote from him as a Translation Challenge and I foolishly thought that the quote might be hidden somewhere in this tome. It does not.
This is a bit dreary but at times funny. What I learn from this is that he really, really likes thing to rhyme.
This is a bit dreary but at times funny. What I learn from this is that he really, really likes thing to rhyme.
iceangel9's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Charmingly funny children's classic.