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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I liked it. I did.
Why, then, did it take me almost a month to read this small children’s book?
I don’t know.
The book is clever. It has likable characters. It has a compelling plot.
I just don’t know. It is definitely worth reading. But it may take you a while.
Why, then, did it take me almost a month to read this small children’s book?
I don’t know.
The book is clever. It has likable characters. It has a compelling plot.
I just don’t know. It is definitely worth reading. But it may take you a while.
It was pretty good, but fits like a glove into that old-fashioned mold of what a children's book "is." Does that even make any sense? There aren't really any surprises--you figure out by about page 5 what the big shocker at the end will be--and the usual things happen: the children speak quaintly, the boy gets covered with dirt, on special days they buy hot buns for tea.
Every so often, though, the narrator will slyly pass off something completely ridiculous, and you have to read it over again just to make sure it was even there in the first place.
Page 97: "Washing is rather fun. I wonder whether you've ever done it?"
Every so often, though, the narrator will slyly pass off something completely ridiculous, and you have to read it over again just to make sure it was even there in the first place.
Page 97: "Washing is rather fun. I wonder whether you've ever done it?"
A terrific bedtime book, over about 2 weeks. Chaya's favourite at 6 1/2, and has led us into the rest of the Nesbit oeuvre. It starts with the children protagonists' father being mysteriously arrested, and the family abruptly plunged into poverty, which might have seemed frightening, but somehow wasn't. In any case, this was just a device for getting the family out of London and into a country shack where they could experience the full measure of the magical allure of the steam train. Nesbit's children are a marvelous mixture of adventurous, mischievous, and fundamentally decent and responsible.
From BBC Radio 4:
Adaptation of the author's classic 1906 children's novel which tells the story of the trials and adventures of a middle-class Edwardian family living in the suburbs of London.
Such a lovely BBC dramatization.
Adaptation of the author's classic 1906 children's novel which tells the story of the trials and adventures of a middle-class Edwardian family living in the suburbs of London.
Such a lovely BBC dramatization.
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I wonder why my father didn’t buy me this book already when I was little. (He only bought me Harry Potter, Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five, and some Indonesian muslim novels for kids.)
Although this is a children’s book and right now I’m into young-adult novel, I still loved it.
It was… very inspiring! I loved how the main characters (Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis) weren’t described as “perfect children”. I loved Roberta the most. Though the story told about those children, but Roberta was author’s the most favorite, I could tell.
The plot, well, I was so disappointed with The Golden Compass I didn’t even had no expectation over The Railway Children.
But I just loved how they did nice things to people, such like saving a baby, waving at the old man they didn’t even know. And after doing that, they found themselves wonder whether they were right or not.
I’d like to recommend this to people who wants to remember their childhood.
5/5 :)
Although this is a children’s book and right now I’m into young-adult novel, I still loved it.
It was… very inspiring! I loved how the main characters (Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis) weren’t described as “perfect children”. I loved Roberta the most. Though the story told about those children, but Roberta was author’s the most favorite, I could tell.
The plot, well, I was so disappointed with The Golden Compass I didn’t even had no expectation over The Railway Children.
But I just loved how they did nice things to people, such like saving a baby, waving at the old man they didn’t even know. And after doing that, they found themselves wonder whether they were right or not.
I’d like to recommend this to people who wants to remember their childhood.
5/5 :)
Interesting book, about some children who lived near a railway. Great story
This is riches-to-rags meets Pollyanna. Very sweet and very unrealistic but a bit of fun irregardless.
Too cloying and sweet, but really pretty charming and funny.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes