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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An enjoyable folkloric tale of a man’s greed for land. The writing style is simple and vivid, the characters are well developed in very few sentences and the final scene is a perfect Russian ending.
reflective
fast-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Una deliciosa fábula sobre la avaricia y el terrible destino al que nos aboca.
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
‘Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed.’
fast-paced
I checked this book out from the library because it's a Tolstoy book. I didn't know Tolstoy had written any children's books. This afternoon I sat down on the couch with my daughter (14) and said I was going to read her a book. She was ecstatic! We were both interested in the illustrations, which are extremely colorful. The story started out interesting but it was obvious what the moral was going to be. My daughter is an ELL student and the writing was a bit above her level so she fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through it. I finished the last page and shut the book with a cry of disbelief.
Spoiler
The expected moral was the delivered one but I was really taken aback at how it was portrayed! Yikes!
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character