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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
Yes
I gave it 2 stars for the very simple reason that the author is dead. Otherwise it’d have been 1. I had heard only positive things about this book, so the actual ‘piece of art’ hit me like a train. It was bloody boring. And I’m not saying it only because I’m not 7 or whatever age it’s intended towards [though I doubt it’d 7. The words were far too complex, and it was way too descriptive for a kid, even a bookworm, to stand], it’s that it really was a nightmare. I nearly DNFed it multiple times.
Spoiler
And let me point out a crucial detail: at some point, a toad called Toad not only commits more crimes than half of the villains seen in modern media, but also celebrates himself for being ‘so smart’, which he isn’t, since without other people’s fully undeserved help he wouldn’t even be alive. I was waiting for that damn Toad to get ran over or executed the whole time, or at least forced to move away if the author wanted to be fully kid friendly, so I’m frankly disappointed the book ended almost as if Toad were a literal genius and the readers should behave like him.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2 stars, it was ok. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it as a kid… it felt really disjointed, and the characters/plot just weren’t all that enjoyable for me.
funny
lighthearted
slow-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:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A nostalgia read. This was one of my favorites as a kid. I can’t remember if I read the original or just the Great Illustrated Classics abridgment. I had a near complete Hardcover set of the Great Illustrated Classics, all except for the “girl ones” like Heidi and Little Women. I have no idea where those hardcovers went. I probably decided I was too old for them at some point and they went to Value Village. I would pay a pretty penny to get those all back now.
This was super fun. Toad is just as funny as I remembered.
I accidently picked the perfect setting to read this book. I started the audiobook randomly while in the middle of a hike on the Salt Marsh Trail, which is a trail converted from an abandoned railway. It’s beautiful, tons of different views, wildlife, foliage, and smells. It was a hot day but you are basically walking on the water so it’s breezy. The trail even has its own Little Free Library for people to take and leave books.
It was May 31st and it felt like the first real day of summer. I listened to this scene from the book, about the changing seasons and the first day of June:
“The pageant of the river bank had marched steadily along, unfolding itself in scene-pictures that succeeded each other in stately procession. Purple loosestrife arrived early, shaking luxuriant tangled locks along the edge of the mirror whence its own face laughed back at it. Willow-herb, tender and wistful, like a pink sunset cloud, was not slow to follow. Comfrey, the purple hand-in-hand with the white, crept forth to take its place in the line; and at last one morning the diffident and delaying dog-rose stepped delicately on the stage, and one knew, as if string-music had announced it in stately chords that strayed into a gavotte, that June at last was here.”
It was the perfect setting to hear that. I was looking down at the dog. She looked like she was smiling at me and I know I probably had a goofy smile on my face too when I heard the mention of June at the end of that passage.
I should drop off my physical copy of The Wind in the Willows in the Little Free Library next time I go.
This was super fun. Toad is just as funny as I remembered.
I accidently picked the perfect setting to read this book. I started the audiobook randomly while in the middle of a hike on the Salt Marsh Trail, which is a trail converted from an abandoned railway. It’s beautiful, tons of different views, wildlife, foliage, and smells. It was a hot day but you are basically walking on the water so it’s breezy. The trail even has its own Little Free Library for people to take and leave books.
It was May 31st and it felt like the first real day of summer. I listened to this scene from the book, about the changing seasons and the first day of June:
“The pageant of the river bank had marched steadily along, unfolding itself in scene-pictures that succeeded each other in stately procession. Purple loosestrife arrived early, shaking luxuriant tangled locks along the edge of the mirror whence its own face laughed back at it. Willow-herb, tender and wistful, like a pink sunset cloud, was not slow to follow. Comfrey, the purple hand-in-hand with the white, crept forth to take its place in the line; and at last one morning the diffident and delaying dog-rose stepped delicately on the stage, and one knew, as if string-music had announced it in stately chords that strayed into a gavotte, that June at last was here.”
It was the perfect setting to hear that. I was looking down at the dog. She looked like she was smiling at me and I know I probably had a goofy smile on my face too when I heard the mention of June at the end of that passage.
I should drop off my physical copy of The Wind in the Willows in the Little Free Library next time I go.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes