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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
This is an incredibly short book, I think only 32 pages. I actually got this as an audiobook and it was less than 15 minutes. Walter Mitty is a man who escapes his boring life by imagining himself in different situations, such as a doctor, in the Navy, etc. Maybe it would be better if I read it but to listen to, it was confusing as it switched between Walter’s life and his imagined life too quickly.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This short story, written in 1932, tells the tale of a lonely man. In 32 pages James Thurber gives the reader a glimpse into Walter's boring, routine, yet very imaginative mind. Quite different from my understanding of the movie, for one this version of Walter is married, but reading this story does encourage me to considering putting up with Ben Stiller to see how they adapt 32 pages into a film.
Why I read this...
1. It was free (thank you Audible)
2. It was short
3. I wanted to see if the movie is worth seeing.
It didn't resonate with me at all. I'm writing this review a couple of weeks after reading it and I couldn't tell what it was about. It has amounted to nothingness.
After the hype around the movie dies down, I will revisit this read.
1. It was free (thank you Audible)
2. It was short
3. I wanted to see if the movie is worth seeing.
It didn't resonate with me at all. I'm writing this review a couple of weeks after reading it and I couldn't tell what it was about. It has amounted to nothingness.
After the hype around the movie dies down, I will revisit this read.
I've loved this short story since the first time I'd read it back in high school, where I often daydreamed as much as Mitty especially during geometry class with Miss Fields.
tense
The daydreaming sequences were vivd especially the medical one and in the courtroom.
What can I say?
I am Walter Mitty. My whole life has been a secret collection of heroic adventures in my head.
(Wish it were a novel though. Took me under 8 minutes to read)
I am Walter Mitty. My whole life has been a secret collection of heroic adventures in my head.
(Wish it were a novel though. Took me under 8 minutes to read)
thoroughly enjoyable short about a daydreamers way of escaping the mundane.