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A review by atalanta_nins
The It Doesn't Matter Suit by Rotraut Susanne Berner, Sylvia Plath
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I was actually planning on reading Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar but I saw this and decided to plunge into the story with no idea what was it about. It is a children story, nevertheless, I find the story very compelling as it is masked as a children's story but like many adults, we were all children once. So, a little bit spoiler ahead, <the story revolved around the Nix family, focusing on their youngest Maximilian "Max" Nix as Max wants to have a suit. Ouf of all seven brothers, Max is the only one who doesn't own a suit. One day, a package was brought to their home and it contains a woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit. They didn't know who the package is for so they kinda tried who would fit into the suit first. Of course, the first to try the suit was Papa Nix, which fitted him perfectly but he struggles as if he did wear this suit, he'll be the first one to wear it in his work. And in his work as a banker, he's scared (i guess?) of what his colleagues might say as bankers only wore dark blue or dark grey clothes. Papa Nix then passed the suit to his eldest son, Paul. But even though Mama Nix fixed the suit to fit Paul, he too thought of what the people would say if they saw him wear the
woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit. So, he then gave it to the second son, Emil. Emil too thought of how people will perceive him if they say him wear the woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit. The older son giving the woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit to the younger son continued until the suit reaches Max whom the family realized that Max doesn't own any suit. So Mama Nix fix the suit once more and it fitted little Max and Max wore it anywhere and everywhere he goes. I might have spoiled the ending but I dont think I would have explained or tell it the same way the author narrated the story.
As most of the adults or older men in the story, I think, one reaches a point where we are so concerned by how people are going to perceive us. We are so afraid to do one different thing just because we might be the first one to do it but like Max, maybe what's important in the end is if this different thing will make us happy if we do it, regardless how people perceive us.>
woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit. So, he then gave it to the second son, Emil. Emil too thought of how people will perceive him if they say him wear the woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit. The older son giving the woolly, whiskery, brand-new, mustard-yellow suit to the younger son continued until the suit reaches Max whom the family realized that Max doesn't own any suit. So Mama Nix fix the suit once more and it fitted little Max and Max wore it anywhere and everywhere he goes. I might have spoiled the ending but I dont think I would have explained or tell it the same way the author narrated the story.
As most of the adults or older men in the story, I think, one reaches a point where we are so concerned by how people are going to perceive us. We are so afraid to do one different thing just because we might be the first one to do it but like Max, maybe what's important in the end is if this different thing will make us happy if we do it, regardless how people perceive us.>