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The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
When I was last at my parents I once again had a look through the books that I had left there to try and pick some more to bring back with me. This is one of the ones I picked - I remembered it being a quick sweet read which is very much what I wanted (as I am still slowly working my way through a very heavy going book on the Zulu nation!).
This must have been the fourth or fifth time I read this book and although it was a sweet story it doesn't quite have that same magic when I first read it. Granted I am no longer the target audience for this, but it is a story I would want children to read.
Maria is a likeable heroine, she has her faults but they feel like real faults rather than things that are just 'lumped' into the book to make her realistic. Their are some morals here for younger people - not to be vain and not to be too curious. Not sure I like the way the second one is portrayed - "excessive female curiosity" - I know this book was first written in the 40s but... I just don't like that tiny section.
The secondary characters aren't particularly well rounded in my opinion, they seem to be written to fill the necessary voids and that is it - no real depth there though there are hints they could be made 'bigger'. Granted that might not have served the story so well so... eh.
The story is a very simple one, as a younger reader I did find myself wondering how it would work out, but I think for older children they would quickly recognise it as a good always triumphs story. Still, I enjoyed reading this for many years and I am sure others would as well. There are very very mild fantasy type elements here but it isn't what I would class as being a fantasy story.
This must have been the fourth or fifth time I read this book and although it was a sweet story it doesn't quite have that same magic when I first read it. Granted I am no longer the target audience for this, but it is a story I would want children to read.
Maria is a likeable heroine, she has her faults but they feel like real faults rather than things that are just 'lumped' into the book to make her realistic. Their are some morals here for younger people - not to be vain and not to be too curious. Not sure I like the way the second one is portrayed - "excessive female curiosity" - I know this book was first written in the 40s but... I just don't like that tiny section.
The secondary characters aren't particularly well rounded in my opinion, they seem to be written to fill the necessary voids and that is it - no real depth there though there are hints they could be made 'bigger'. Granted that might not have served the story so well so... eh.
The story is a very simple one, as a younger reader I did find myself wondering how it would work out, but I think for older children they would quickly recognise it as a good always triumphs story. Still, I enjoyed reading this for many years and I am sure others would as well. There are very very mild fantasy type elements here but it isn't what I would class as being a fantasy story.