A review by libraryanned
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

2.0

Well, this book was pretty much what I expected so I shouldn't really complain. It is old and was written by someone in America who had only read a history book on the Netherlands (but she did visit after the book was published, to her credit). Basically it read like an old, cheesy Disney film like Pollyanna (in fact, not surprisingly,it was made into one), wherein the cheery, good people are rewarded and the nasty, mean people get their comeuppance. Plus a complete contrived plot. But again, I knew what I was getting into. Somehow, after the holidays ended and I was still reading this book, it ceased being charming. Not its fault. Mine.