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A review by nathansnook
Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
The first in the series. I remember first picking this up because it was the first time I saw my name on the cover of a book. I wanted to know who this other Nathan was.
And to come across the deep dark red drawings of monsters scrawled over a baby brotherβs room brought out an exciting terror and perhaps darkness to the broody way in which Nate wanted to capture for himself as a Sherlock with a twist of noir. But heβs soft, fluffy as his lived food, pancakes. And he has a crush, perhaps, on a girl, but a second reading could also show the queerness in his creative approach to the way he solves mysteries.
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And then it was there years after a proper rereading that I saw myself in a single line with my own single life as a single line of history. In the big if.
And I think back to my first love. I think back to the terrors, mere drawings, to shed light into the great mystery of life. A girl wants to find her own piece of imagination, and a boy, full of wonder, helps her find it. Isnβt that love? Isnβt that life?
And to come across the deep dark red drawings of monsters scrawled over a baby brotherβs room brought out an exciting terror and perhaps darkness to the broody way in which Nate wanted to capture for himself as a Sherlock with a twist of noir. But heβs soft, fluffy as his lived food, pancakes. And he has a crush, perhaps, on a girl, but a second reading could also show the queerness in his creative approach to the way he solves mysteries.
βπ πΈπ°πΆππ₯ ππͺπ¬π¦ ππ―π―πͺπ¦ πͺπ§ π ππͺπ¬π¦π₯ π¨πͺπ³ππ΄.β
And then it was there years after a proper rereading that I saw myself in a single line with my own single life as a single line of history. In the big if.
And I think back to my first love. I think back to the terrors, mere drawings, to shed light into the great mystery of life. A girl wants to find her own piece of imagination, and a boy, full of wonder, helps her find it. Isnβt that love? Isnβt that life?