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A review by rereader33
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
3.0
2022 January Buzzword Reading Challenge
Prompt: read a book with the word "where" in the title
I straight up have no idea how I managed to read this when I was younger, some of these poems are way too long and overstay their welcome. I'm not saying poems for kids have to be super short or anything, but when a poem's almost two pages long and its about a kid whose hair grew so much he started flying, it feels a bit indulgent without being rewarding. That being said, there were quite a few that I liked and some that hit me hard despite their simplicity, so this wasn't a completely negative reading experience. I'm tempted to read his other collections just to see if they hold up as well, but overall this was fine.
Prompt: read a book with the word "where" in the title
I straight up have no idea how I managed to read this when I was younger, some of these poems are way too long and overstay their welcome. I'm not saying poems for kids have to be super short or anything, but when a poem's almost two pages long and its about a kid whose hair grew so much he started flying, it feels a bit indulgent without being rewarding. That being said, there were quite a few that I liked and some that hit me hard despite their simplicity, so this wasn't a completely negative reading experience. I'm tempted to read his other collections just to see if they hold up as well, but overall this was fine.