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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
A lovely little nostalgic re-read. I read this MANY times as a kid and I absolutely remember why I loved it. I think this book probably spawned my love of British humor and wit in literature -- the wry kind of authorial voice that I definitely gravitate to now.
There are some outdates views on gender roles expressed, just a time or two -- and then other times those roles are pushed back against slightly -- but makes sense with it having been published in 1906!
There are some outdates views on gender roles expressed, just a time or two -- and then other times those roles are pushed back against slightly -- but makes sense with it having been published in 1906!
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not quite what I expected
Obviously this book is very much of it's time. It's charming, innocent, extremely sexist and I say, frightfully unrealistic. I expected the jeopardy to be much less mild and the emotions to be less monotone. It was disjointed. Each chapter could almost have been a short story and the overarching plot just wasn't strong enough to hold it all together, even for a children's book.
I'm a regular YA reader and I'm an Enid Blyton fan so I wasn't approaching The Railway Children blindly but I was disappointed, it's overly twee with multiple happy endings to each subplot from contrived circumstances. I just didn't get the hype.
Obviously this book is very much of it's time. It's charming, innocent, extremely sexist and I say, frightfully unrealistic. I expected the jeopardy to be much less mild and the emotions to be less monotone. It was disjointed. Each chapter could almost have been a short story and the overarching plot just wasn't strong enough to hold it all together, even for a children's book.
I'm a regular YA reader and I'm an Enid Blyton fan so I wasn't approaching The Railway Children blindly but I was disappointed, it's overly twee with multiple happy endings to each subplot from contrived circumstances. I just didn't get the hype.