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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
This is a fun book. Juster has a great imagination and a special gift for word play. I loved the simple drawings in the book as well. It is toted as a book for all ages, but I found it more suitable for younger kids. It was a fun read as an adult...but not one that I would recommend to the average adult reader.
The end has several great quotes...my favorite being "it's not a question of what you can do, it's a question of what you will do".
The end has several great quotes...my favorite being "it's not a question of what you can do, it's a question of what you will do".
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I owned this book when I was younger and unfortunately never read it. What a wonderful, magical book! I highly recommend this for people with kidlins.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Phantom Tollbooth - an absolutely delightful book. I was reading one of my old reviews the other day. In it, I was was reviewing a YA book, and I talked about how, now that I was older, I was used to more complex books, and that I was skeptical that a YA book was intellectual enough for me. What an idiot I was! And The Phantom Tollbooth emphasizes that perfectly. While being written for kids, there is so much to enjoy and learn from it. I hope that I'm not such a snob in the future!
The book is about a kid named Milo. Milo doesn't seem all that happy. Wherever he is, he wants to be somewhere else. One day, he gets home from school and finds a weird tollbooth in his room with a strange note and a coin. He's puzzled, but he decides to give the tollbooth a shot. He drives a toy car that he has up to the tollbooth, puts in the coin, goes through it, and.... gets transported to a completely different world. This world is pretty messed up, and he meets a lot of odd but mostly lovable people. It turns out that this world is messed up because the Princesses Rhyme and Reason have been imprisoned in a castle in the sky. Milo is commissioned to help out, along with the watchdog Tock (he literally has a clock in his body) and the Humbug. Together, they journey to the kingdoms of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, where, respectively, words and numbers are king. Then they travel to the Mountains of Ignorance, face off against some demons that choose to live in Ignorance, and are, in general, heroes. It's really all quite fun, and the people Milo meets on the way all teach you something about the world.
The experience of reading was a blast, while at the same time being incredibly positive. One of the things I love about books for younger readers is that they tend to have a really positive message. Often, the main characters experience a lot of adversity, but they learn that they can deal with that adversity. It's something that I think that I really need to learn, and it's really nice to experience a book with that kind of attitude.
For much of my adult life, and particularly lately, I've struggled with depression. Today itself was a bit difficult. I just feel like everything sucks and the future will just be worse. Like there's nothing worth being in the world for. But I'm trying to keep The Phantom Tollbooth in my head. Because it's really about trying to find the loveliness and joy in the world, and about doing the best you can to spread that loveliness and joy. I'm having a hard time with that, but it's such an inspiring and valuable lesson. This book is so so so worth reading.
The book is about a kid named Milo. Milo doesn't seem all that happy. Wherever he is, he wants to be somewhere else. One day, he gets home from school and finds a weird tollbooth in his room with a strange note and a coin. He's puzzled, but he decides to give the tollbooth a shot. He drives a toy car that he has up to the tollbooth, puts in the coin, goes through it, and.... gets transported to a completely different world. This world is pretty messed up, and he meets a lot of odd but mostly lovable people. It turns out that this world is messed up because the Princesses Rhyme and Reason have been imprisoned in a castle in the sky. Milo is commissioned to help out, along with the watchdog Tock (he literally has a clock in his body) and the Humbug. Together, they journey to the kingdoms of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, where, respectively, words and numbers are king. Then they travel to the Mountains of Ignorance, face off against some demons that choose to live in Ignorance, and are, in general, heroes. It's really all quite fun, and the people Milo meets on the way all teach you something about the world.
The experience of reading was a blast, while at the same time being incredibly positive. One of the things I love about books for younger readers is that they tend to have a really positive message. Often, the main characters experience a lot of adversity, but they learn that they can deal with that adversity. It's something that I think that I really need to learn, and it's really nice to experience a book with that kind of attitude.
For much of my adult life, and particularly lately, I've struggled with depression. Today itself was a bit difficult. I just feel like everything sucks and the future will just be worse. Like there's nothing worth being in the world for. But I'm trying to keep The Phantom Tollbooth in my head. Because it's really about trying to find the loveliness and joy in the world, and about doing the best you can to spread that loveliness and joy. I'm having a hard time with that, but it's such an inspiring and valuable lesson. This book is so so so worth reading.
adventurous
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes