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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love this book. I love trains just as much as books. I enjoyed the charthers in the book. It about a family that has to make adjustment on the fly. I quite enjoyable. I love how this is a Classic. I did not know this book was out there to read while I was growing up. The Children name are Bobby, Phil and Paul.
If you want to know mare about it what happens I would suggest picking it up. Something happens that causes their father to go away.
If you want to know mare about it what happens I would suggest picking it up. Something happens that causes their father to go away.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-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:
No
An entertaining children's book written at the turn of the last century about three young children who move from London to a country house near a railway station when their Father is falsely imprisoned. I was pleasantly surprised at the books girls are as smart and capable as boys message and the mothers work to keep the family going on her own. As the children: Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis learn to live within their new means and explore the area around their new home they get into adventures and make new friends that teach them and the readers some valuable lessons and find various ways to help their mother and father.
Often times you feel the need to read a children’s story, especially if you have been in a major reading slump — this always works for me. The Railway Children felt like the perfect read for the mood I was in — light-hearted, filled with adventures, focus on familial relationships. The book reminded me of numerous Enid Blyton books I’ve read. It had a similar feel, the characters and their adventures felt familiar. What I loved the most about this was how simple scenarios and every day life made the story. As I continued to read, I wanted to be present with the trio. The picture of city life, village life, observation of adults around them, the friendships formed was a wholesome affair in its entirety.
I don’t have much to say except that it’s a comforting classic to read when you don’t want to pick up anything or aren’t sure what to read next. Read this if you want a trip down the memory lane to your first favourite books.
I don’t have much to say except that it’s a comforting classic to read when you don’t want to pick up anything or aren’t sure what to read next. Read this if you want a trip down the memory lane to your first favourite books.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
slow-paced
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a rather strange book. Written in 1905 it shows its age in the language and setting. I read it when I was in need of something easy and nostalgic - and I watched the film version of The Railway Children a lot when I was a child, so this book fit the bill. There’s some questionable race-based language that was suited to the time of original printing but today wouldn’t fly. The book feels rather twee, a very innocent text that does not challenge the reader but would delight younger children who enjoy historical fiction (though it was not historical fiction when it was first published!).
Content Warnings
Minor: Medical trauma
lighthearted
relaxing
I liked it better than The Treasure Seekers also by E. Nesbit. I can appreciate what the author is trying to do here with realistic characters but with their change in fortune I never really felt their despair. The afterword compared this to The Little Princess (they were written about the same time) but I felt like The Little Princess was a far superior book. Sarah Crewe broke my heart; the children of The Railway Children do not.