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A review by tartancrusader
Die drei ??? und der Super-Papagei by Robert Arthur
3.0
I loved the Three Investigtors books as a kid and, inspired by Karl Ove Knausgaard's "Boyhood Island", I'm going to re-read it to see what, if any, childhood memories it unlocks.
Well, that was unsuccessful as a memory-evoking experiment but I'm glad I reread it nevertheless. A fun little book with nothing particularly objectionable in it.
I'm sure that some today wouldn't be happy about the almost complete lack of female characters, at least any that are in any way necessary to the plot. And there was a fairly straight-out-the-box Mexican peasant stereotype but these are typical of three time in which they are written. I certainly would have no qualms about letting children today read it.
Well, that was unsuccessful as a memory-evoking experiment but I'm glad I reread it nevertheless. A fun little book with nothing particularly objectionable in it.
I'm sure that some today wouldn't be happy about the almost complete lack of female characters, at least any that are in any way necessary to the plot. And there was a fairly straight-out-the-box Mexican peasant stereotype but these are typical of three time in which they are written. I certainly would have no qualms about letting children today read it.