Reviews - Up The Faraway Tree

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16 reviews for:

Up The Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton

3.89 AVERAGE

eliza_beth1's review

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mrstheobald's review against another edition

5.0

Alice (age 4) says " I do like that book and I love moon face cuz its funny cuz of its round face and saucepan cuz he has a saucepan and I love all of the things in the book and especially the one that goes into a very nice doll".

Evelyn (age 7) says "it is a great book and there is lots of adventures, there is a funny character that name is moonface and saucepan has a saucepan on his head and they turn into toys cuz of the soldiers but Father Christmas wants Silky, that is the doll, on the Christmas tree, and they turn them back into humans again and they went back home, they say that "what a adventure we all had today" ".

Mummy (age 36) says "I absolutely loved reading this book to the children. It was really magical and fun. A lovely trip down memory lane - I would definitely recommend"

cat_m_82's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

muzzleflash's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I decided to read this book because I brought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime and the first book was on the poster. It was adorable and a refreshing change that I wanted to carry on with this series. However, I struggled with this book with the half graphic comic, half normal story line.

The graphic novel part of this book is about Robin and Joy and they read about the Magic Faraway Tree in a book and decide to go meet Joe, Beth and Frannie themselves. The five children have all sorts of exciting adventures together, including being captured by the Enchanter Red-Cloak in the Land of Castles, a birthday treat for Joy in the Land of Wishes, and a delicious visit to the Land of Cakes! The second part is following Joe and Beth and Frannie as they go up the Magic Faraway Tree near Christmas and was looking for the fun in the Land of Toys but they ended up getting in trouble and turning into toys which means they have to turn to the big guy in the red suit to try and help him.

The second half of this book was adorable and fun. Each of these characters all had a very distinctive personality and weaknesses and strengths. I loved that it was Christmas theme and that Santa knew who they were and wanted to go down the tree with Mr. Moony’s slide. Again, I am gutted I didn’t read this book as a child, and I wished I had to see it from a child’s perspective and an adult perspective. Just like the series so far and with it being a children’s book, there was nothing to dislike with this book, I knew that it would be obvious and a bit predictable and knowing that nothing was going to happen to our beloved characters.

I didn’t enjoy the graphic novel part of this book, each graphic novel chapter was just too quick and then it would change to a completely new area and part. I would prefer it to be an actual storyline than the graphic novel.

Overall, I enjoyed it, and I will carry on with this series even if I’m nearly 25-years-old.

deepat's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a picture book! So l finished it much faster than the first one I had read in this series. But it was finished far too soon. The stories were just mini chapters about various lands on top of the faraway tree and it felt a little repetitive after a few ones. The first book in this series is far more satisfying, imo.

luweebayy's review

2.0

This would be okay for very young children who need a quick 3-5 minute story filler as each ‘adventure’ is roughly eight sentences long. It’s bizarre when all the others are written in novel format. However, I did enjoy the illustrations which accompanied each sentence as it was mostly the same as the way I had imagined it in the past 3 books.