A review by moo6789
The Fate of Fausto by Oliver Jeffers

5.0

Something I really like about children's books are the illustrations, especially. In this book, the illustration was very minimal to non-existent, and I think this represents everything about Fausto very well. He is a man that has very less. Less love, less empathy, less understanding, fewer people that care about him. So he is trying to claim something for himself and declares, that everything is his, if it wants to or not. He starts with a flower and ends with the sea. He is always going on to bigger things, trying to satisfy his emptiness, but it is never satisfied. Furthermore, he is angry and stomps around with his foot out of frustration, if he doesn't get something, because he is impatient with finally feeling loved and satisfied with his life. When he finally reaches the sea, after getting everything he wanted, and making everyone sad in the process, he finally drowns in his greed and the most important thing is, no one cares.

This is a lovely story with a lot of potential for interpretation. I would love to read this to my kids, if I had any... And ask them what they think of the story and what it means.