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babayagareads's review against another edition
5.0
This book is beautifully illustrated, pays great homage to the classics, and feels so similar to The Page Master. I loved its witty name dropping and clever illustrations so much that I immediately read it again.
rusty_moonshadow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book is very cursed, but good for the family memes lmao
"Oh! The rustling and moaning!"
"Oh! The rustling and moaning!"
ashleyaewert's review against another edition
4.0
Wasn't crazy about the illustrations, but enjoyed the meaning behind the story.
howattp's review against another edition
5.0
This book about books brings in Nietzsche and Dumas to early readers! I love it!
sean67's review against another edition
3.0
Getting my Funke on again so to speak and reading this little book about well about a book that wants to be read. Anyway nice little read and I will continue to explore the world of Funke over time.
nerfherder86's review against another edition
4.0
Adorable picture book about a young book who longs to be read by someone! "Morry" is bored just sitting on the library shelf with other books who aren't being read, and he gets his wish for a little adventure and love from a reader when he's pushed off the shelf by another book, "Victor." The older books all have colorful personalities; some also long to be read, but others are fussy and fear getting messy fingerprints on their pages or worse, cracked spines or coffee spilled on them. I liked the illustrations, in colored pencil, of books with little hands and feet and big faces, although a couple of them were downright disconcerting (somehow seeing a mustache on a book didn't endear it to me). Really cute homage to books and to loving them "til they fall apart." In fact the flyleaf page asks the reader to "write your name into this book and read it until the pages come loose." (!) Something every librarian wants for their books...sigh...but for a gift book, it's perfect. It's also fun to guess which authors are represented by the named books, and the payoff for "Morry" is sweet.