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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
Il Signor Hoppy, segretamente innamorato della Signora Silver è timido e non riesce a trovare il coraggio per chiederle di uscire. E allora cosa decide di fare? Di ottenere la sua benevolenza con l'inganno.
Assolutamente poco istruttivo. E orribile l'atteggiamento nei confronti della tartaruga Alfio.
Assolutamente poco istruttivo. E orribile l'atteggiamento nei confronti della tartaruga Alfio.
The heartwarming story of gaslighting with tortoises.
A tale of deceit and obsession to rival Alfred Hitchock's Vertigo. One of Dahl's weakest books with a very questionable moral. I think the reader easily understands why Mr. Hoppy stayed single for so long. Lock up your tortoises: there's a balcony bachelor on the loose.
Even een uurtje voorlezen aan Jonah.
Leuk boek, alles vond ik leuk..
Leuk boek, alles vond ik leuk..
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a kind of funny and clever story. But it’s also about a man who manipulates a woman into marrying him and steals her pet.
Two uses of that great British word, titchy, in the span of a 60-page book, but that is the only nice thing I have to say about it. This is a story about a man who likes a woman and chooses to go completely out of his way to deceive her into thinking he is knowledgeable about tortoises (esio trot is “tortoise” backward) and then his deceit leads to them getting MARRIED and then that’s it, that is the book. No commentary at all on the fact that he completely lied to her, not to mention stole her tortoise and replaced it with others.
Grade: A-
I am basing my rating for these childhood books on how much I enjoyed them when I read them as a child.
I am basing my rating for these childhood books on how much I enjoyed them when I read them as a child.