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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
I read this directly after reading [b:Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid|24113|Gödel, Escher, Bach an Eternal Golden Braid|Douglas R. Hofstadter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547125681l/24113._SY75_.jpg|850076], and so my "GEB beer goggles" were freshly affixed. And although perhaps only four other readers in the entire universe will get this reference, it was accidentally perfect timing. This book is full of strange loops, starting with the very first chapter title, "Carl Conrad Coreander Old Books" mirror-scripted as a shop's sign seen from the inside of its glass facade.
What book was Bastion about to crack open? Why, [b:The Neverending Story|27712|The Neverending Story|Michael Ende|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554230952l/27712._SY75_.jpg|1122661] of course!
I answered a survey once that this was "the book" that made me a reader. It's certainly not the first book I've ever read. I've been reading for as long as I can remember. But it is the first book I ever discovered. I was in the fifth grade, and like so many other kids in the late eighties / early nineties, I loved the movie The Neverending Story. So when I saw the title on a wheelcart of books at school available for us to grab and swap and read whenever we wanted to, it caught my eye. I remember thinking for myself that this must be the book the movie was based on, by some author I'd never heard of (from another country, to boot), and I gobbled it up, relishing in both the similarities and the differences between the two media, like a secret only I knew. No adult primed me with this context and handed me the book to read, guiding the process. This was a reading event in my young literary life, the first that held any of the mystery and nuance of discovering something about the way the world worked without an intellectual chaperone.
I wonder what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there's a whole story with people I don't know yet and all kinds of adventures, deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut in a book. Of course you have to read it to find out. But it's already there, that's the funny thing. I just wish I knew how it could be.
What book was Bastion about to crack open? Why, [b:The Neverending Story|27712|The Neverending Story|Michael Ende|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554230952l/27712._SY75_.jpg|1122661] of course!
I answered a survey once that this was "the book" that made me a reader. It's certainly not the first book I've ever read. I've been reading for as long as I can remember. But it is the first book I ever discovered. I was in the fifth grade, and like so many other kids in the late eighties / early nineties, I loved the movie The Neverending Story. So when I saw the title on a wheelcart of books at school available for us to grab and swap and read whenever we wanted to, it caught my eye. I remember thinking for myself that this must be the book the movie was based on, by some author I'd never heard of (from another country, to boot), and I gobbled it up, relishing in both the similarities and the differences between the two media, like a secret only I knew. No adult primed me with this context and handed me the book to read, guiding the process. This was a reading event in my young literary life, the first that held any of the mystery and nuance of discovering something about the way the world worked without an intellectual chaperone.
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia
Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Medical trauma
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
medium-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
Cute and imaginative but it really felt neverending. The characters were flat, boring and without character, which made me not care about them at all. The events were very random and I just couldn’t find myself immersed in the story. Maybe I would have felt different, had I read it when I was younger.
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
fast-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nachdem ich sie als Kind nie gelesen hab wurde nun Die Undendliche Geschichte auch bei mir abgehakt.
Die Geschichte ist sehr interessant geschrieben mit den zwei Perspektiven, aber einmal im Buch und einmal außerhalb. Bastian Entwicklung hat mir anfangs gar nicht zugesagt, aber es war nötiger Schritt um daraus zu lernen. Die Gier nach Macht kann von jedem Besitz ergreifen auch wenn die Taten anfangs mit guter Intention waren.
Die Geschichte ist sehr interessant geschrieben mit den zwei Perspektiven, aber einmal im Buch und einmal außerhalb. Bastian Entwicklung hat mir anfangs gar nicht zugesagt, aber es war nötiger Schritt um daraus zu lernen. Die Gier nach Macht kann von jedem Besitz ergreifen auch wenn die Taten anfangs mit guter Intention waren.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes