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Das letzte Einhorn by Peter S. Beagle

7 reviews

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

Oh dear. I really wanted to like this. I have a nostalgic fondness for the 1982 animated film and I was hoping the book would have the same mesmerizing quality. From my recollection, the film actually follows the story and dialogue pretty accurately, if abbreviated. I wonder if it's this abbreviation that worked for me? The art style of the movie is so striking, and tonally works with the sometimes unnatural, meandering, and riddle-like way the characters often speak. In the text though, it feels like a bit too much. It almost feels like the characters are just reciting segments of nonsense poems like the Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll to each other sometimes, they barely feel like people. The whole book is sort of like reading an epic poem that spends a lot of time describing things rather than on anything happening. Sometimes these descriptions are clever and well-placed, and sometimes they are just slowing an already slow story down. I wish this type of writing worked for me, and I wish I had enjoyed listening to this audiobook, but I know I didn't by how much I actively avoided listening to it. I found myself folding my laundry in silence rather than putting this on. I'm sorry, Peter S. Beagle, for not being able to properly appreciate the whimsy and imagery you cultivated here, and I'm sorry Patrick Rothfuss because your intro to the book was lovely and I wish I felt the same way about it as you do.

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adventurous lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A fun and light-hearted story with sad undertones. A modern fairy-tale

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lynxpardinus's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective

4.75

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gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

"Do not boast, old woman. Your death sits in that cage and hears you."

This was such a great book. I have fond memories of watching the animated movie as a child and it was just so great to be back in the world of the last unicorn.

The novel had some more content that was skipped out of the movie adaptation so it was enjoyable to have extra content for the first time.

I also listened to a dramatic reading from a YouTube channel ( https://shorturl.at/hknxL ) which was fantastic and I would highly recommend.

This was so whimsical and fantastical, but also quite heartbreaking and sorrowful, as our last unicorn goes on a journey to find her people, is captured, enslaved, ensorcelled and more.

It was beautiful written and was such a fantastic experience. I wish I had my own copy.

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