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aubreysmith9412's review
1.0
I read this with a familiar feeling of reading Winnie The Pooh. I probably would have enjoyed this much, much more had I been a child. However, the exploits of Toady certainly seem to have a rather adult nature to them.
Unfortunately, this review is going to be kept quite short. I feel there's an allegory here somewhere in this book, though I haven't a clue what it may be. The characters are all lovable in their own way, though they act quite juvenile quite a bit of the time. I suppose that's the entire point.
Either way, I found this book to be rather mediocre. I wasn't overly impressed, though it made for entertainment whilst at work bored out of my skull.
Unfortunately, this review is going to be kept quite short. I feel there's an allegory here somewhere in this book, though I haven't a clue what it may be. The characters are all lovable in their own way, though they act quite juvenile quite a bit of the time. I suppose that's the entire point.
Either way, I found this book to be rather mediocre. I wasn't overly impressed, though it made for entertainment whilst at work bored out of my skull.
jain's review
3.0
I'm only now getting around to reading the book, though the 1987 animated film was one of my childhood favorites. Things I didn't notice about the story when I was eight:
1) The world of The Wind in the Willows is unbelievably early-20th century British, and moreover written from a very conservative viewpoint, which shows most obviously in its classism.
2) Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger also inhabit an extraordinarily masculine world. Only three women appear in the book, all of them humans.
3) Toad's obsession with motorcars is a not-at-all subtle metaphor for alcoholism.
4) Despite his friends' claiming that he's an excellent person with just a few glaring foibles, Toad's actually an enormous jerk.
The plot was reasonably involving and the book had its charming elements, but it wasn't great by any means.
1) The world of The Wind in the Willows is unbelievably early-20th century British, and moreover written from a very conservative viewpoint, which shows most obviously in its classism.
2) Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger also inhabit an extraordinarily masculine world. Only three women appear in the book, all of them humans.
3) Toad's obsession with motorcars is a not-at-all subtle metaphor for alcoholism.
4) Despite his friends' claiming that he's an excellent person with just a few glaring foibles, Toad's actually an enormous jerk.
The plot was reasonably involving and the book had its charming elements, but it wasn't great by any means.
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