Reviews - The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

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I read it for the Toppler and suppose I read it in another time, I'm not sure I could finish it.

The MC, while being animals, are closed to human being in nature. But while this aspect is interesting enough, and how strong the characters are built, it failed to engage me more. The main issue is because the author tend to use big words almost all the time and the endnotes didn't really help. I mean, it's kind of bothersome to have to look at the notes everytime I saw new words. So this is a bid disadvantage for a non-native like me.

This 'children' book made me feel of me as an illiterate person who has no scope of imagination.

Ps: I don't like Toad and what a long way to finally see him settled down (not without suspicions).

gordmcleod's review against another edition

5.0

Pure charm.

chesha_reads's review against another edition

3.0

Beautiful language and writing style just wasn’t fully my cup of tea. Definitely more of a picaresque novel.

kumara's review against another edition

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

tealtiger191's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Um, the animals are the same size as humans? And a Toad has hair? I'm confused. This is still a good book, I'm just used to faster paced books I think so it took a bit of effort to get into it. And the logic makes no sense, but it's still fun.

rarchar's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

butchbear's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was cozy and made me smile a lot. All the characters were likable. At first I was expecting Rat teaching Mole how to boat ride, I wasn't expecting a chaotic adventure with Toad! This book resembles part Animal Crossing and GTA. :,)