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A review by readbyzoe
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
3.0
Book 15/100 for 2015!
Also, a book I read for my Children's Literature class!
I thought this book was good, but definitely not my favorite. I didn't really like MacDonald's writing style, especially when he broke the 4th wall and kept refusing to describe things while also describing them (like "I COULD tell you what this looked like, but I really can't."?????). He sorta got on my nerves. Another thing that I didn't really like was that MacDonald didn't explain everything! Like, for instance, what the heck was up with Irene's great-grandmother? WAS SHE EVEN REAL? Maybe he was trying to get the reader to interpret it for themselves, but come on, I'm not down for that. Just tell me, please!
I did like that it was very fairy tale-like, though! I absolutely love fairy tales, if you didn't know.
Also, another cool fact that I learned in class today was that MacDonald inspired Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in writing Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia, respectively. Isn't that cool?
So all in all, I liked some aspects of it and didn't like others. Duh.
Zoë out.
Also, a book I read for my Children's Literature class!
I thought this book was good, but definitely not my favorite. I didn't really like MacDonald's writing style, especially when he broke the 4th wall and kept refusing to describe things while also describing them (like "I COULD tell you what this looked like, but I really can't."?????). He sorta got on my nerves. Another thing that I didn't really like was that MacDonald didn't explain everything! Like, for instance, what the heck was up with Irene's great-grandmother? WAS SHE EVEN REAL? Maybe he was trying to get the reader to interpret it for themselves, but come on, I'm not down for that. Just tell me, please!
I did like that it was very fairy tale-like, though! I absolutely love fairy tales, if you didn't know.
Also, another cool fact that I learned in class today was that MacDonald inspired Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in writing Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia, respectively. Isn't that cool?
So all in all, I liked some aspects of it and didn't like others. Duh.
Zoë out.