A review by kayse88
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

2.0

The Wind in the Willows is one of the classic Victorian/Edwardian children’s books that I somehow skipped as a kid—and I was a kid who went through a HUGE classics phase. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t first exposed to to this book as a child, but… I really don’t get it. It’s just okay. I’m a bit disappointed, because I had assumed that I’d love it (I loved Peter Rabbit as a child and still have an appreciation for Beatrix Potter’s tales).

A list of my complaints:

-Most of the characters were kinda boring
-I found the Toad very annoying
-Not enough female characters in general, and absolutely no female characters of significance
-I never understood if the animals were animal-sized or human-sized, which frustrated me
-I didn’t enjoy the weird fever-dream chapter that for some reason featured the Greek god Pan?

Sorry, everyone. I know it’s a classic and a favorite for many, but it was just meh for me.