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A review by kissmyash0600
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman, Ian Beck
2.0
Translation ruined it for me
I was really interested in reading the original story of Aladdin, but this was not a good translation for me. It kept the story in biblical type wording and had pages on pages of footnotes (literally at least every other line had a footnote included which became extremely distracting. The antisemitism, though understood and not unexpected added to less excitement in general. Not sure of the purpose of the preceding story-if this was a compilation and not just supposed to be Aladdin and the enchanted lamp, it would make more sense.
I was really interested in reading the original story of Aladdin, but this was not a good translation for me. It kept the story in biblical type wording and had pages on pages of footnotes (literally at least every other line had a footnote included which became extremely distracting. The antisemitism, though understood and not unexpected added to less excitement in general. Not sure of the purpose of the preceding story-if this was a compilation and not just supposed to be Aladdin and the enchanted lamp, it would make more sense.