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A review by kipahni
Hans Brinker, Or, the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
2.0
This is the type of book that I would imagine a woman named Mary Mapes Dodge would write. Geographical and Historical information with Morality and the real spice, and ICE RACE
WHat I love about older books. They have great conclusions. I don't mean that everything is happy ever after but that you know full well how each character lives out the rest of their life. And that is what was good about this book the end.
I think I would have liked this book when it came out though in the 1800's but the writing just didn't flow good with me I mean here is a completely fictitious example.
Once my husband, who is extremely stout, and I wearing my native abaya, decided to go to the village cart and buy some vegetables.
"Did you know that I decended from Pharoahs" Atta my husband said informatively
" Why I have hear of something like that, isn't this a little geographically far from any acient civilizations though?" I asked inquisitively.
" You would think that, but it is a little known fact that this area was inhabited in 6,000 bc, infact we have a ancient well that is a sacred site that we egyptians are proud of and has been featured in the Encyclopedia Britanica and the National Geographic" My husband said with emense pride.
Then we arrived at the vegetation stand bought a local vegetable and ate it greedly as we raced home to watch britians got talent.
If you are into that long round about way about a journey then you might like this book but I found it about as interesting as a fly on a trap paper.
WHat I love about older books. They have great conclusions. I don't mean that everything is happy ever after but that you know full well how each character lives out the rest of their life. And that is what was good about this book the end.
I think I would have liked this book when it came out though in the 1800's but the writing just didn't flow good with me I mean here is a completely fictitious example.
Once my husband, who is extremely stout, and I wearing my native abaya, decided to go to the village cart and buy some vegetables.
"Did you know that I decended from Pharoahs" Atta my husband said informatively
" Why I have hear of something like that, isn't this a little geographically far from any acient civilizations though?" I asked inquisitively.
" You would think that, but it is a little known fact that this area was inhabited in 6,000 bc, infact we have a ancient well that is a sacred site that we egyptians are proud of and has been featured in the Encyclopedia Britanica and the National Geographic" My husband said with emense pride.
Then we arrived at the vegetation stand bought a local vegetable and ate it greedly as we raced home to watch britians got talent.
If you are into that long round about way about a journey then you might like this book but I found it about as interesting as a fly on a trap paper.