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dreamofbookspines 's review for:
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
This is one of the books I enjoyed as a kid, and I still enjoy it. Harriet is precocious the way I was precocious, and so I have a soft place in my heart for her. I kept a journal also, though mine was slightly more introspective and less focused on the world around me. (Mine also focused more on the broader world - things like wars and foreign policy, for example - but this is off topic anyway.)
The idea of a spy route appealed to me particularly when I first read this book, so I tried it out. Unfortunately, spying in suburban New Mexico is _very_ different from spying in NYC. It was a shame they changed the setting for the movie; I think the setting was part of the ultimate charm of the whole thing. I particularly enjoyed Ole Golly, with her truisms and no-nonsense manner. She guided us all into growing up in her straightforward way.
I could do without the racism in this book (e.g. the mention of things like "big red Indians"), but ya know. That was pretty standard in '64. That doesn't excuse it. _Anyway_. What I'm most impressed by is the fact that this book is almost 50 years old and it still is completely relatable. It doesn't read like an old book at all. I love a timeless coming of age story.
The idea of a spy route appealed to me particularly when I first read this book, so I tried it out. Unfortunately, spying in suburban New Mexico is _very_ different from spying in NYC. It was a shame they changed the setting for the movie; I think the setting was part of the ultimate charm of the whole thing. I particularly enjoyed Ole Golly, with her truisms and no-nonsense manner. She guided us all into growing up in her straightforward way.
I could do without the racism in this book (e.g. the mention of things like "big red Indians"), but ya know. That was pretty standard in '64. That doesn't excuse it. _Anyway_. What I'm most impressed by is the fact that this book is almost 50 years old and it still is completely relatable. It doesn't read like an old book at all. I love a timeless coming of age story.