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A review by stainedsouth
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
2.0
A story of a nanny who flies in with the east wind to take care of four children who live in London with their parents. Judy and Michael Banks, the oldest children, often have adventures with Mary Poppins after she arrives, but the younger (less than 1 year) twins are often involved too. I love the idea of this book way more than the actual book.
The magical moments that all of the children experience are completely overshadowed by the surliness of Mary Poppins. In fact, this quote from the end of the book sums up Mary Poppins’ personality:
“Perhaps she was only being nice,” said Jane to soothe him, but in her heart she felt as disturbed as Michael was. She knew very well that Mary Poppins never wasted time in being nice.”
Mary was vain, short-tempered, impatient, and rude to others. How the heck did anyone (P.L. Travers), think that Mary Poppins was an appropriate caretaker for children?
Too bad about Mary because there were some wonderful bits in the book that really are fun to read. But the bad outweighs the good for me, I don’t intend to read any more of the series.
The magical moments that all of the children experience are completely overshadowed by the surliness of Mary Poppins. In fact, this quote from the end of the book sums up Mary Poppins’ personality:
“Perhaps she was only being nice,” said Jane to soothe him, but in her heart she felt as disturbed as Michael was. She knew very well that Mary Poppins never wasted time in being nice.”
Mary was vain, short-tempered, impatient, and rude to others. How the heck did anyone (P.L. Travers), think that Mary Poppins was an appropriate caretaker for children?
Too bad about Mary because there were some wonderful bits in the book that really are fun to read. But the bad outweighs the good for me, I don’t intend to read any more of the series.