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A review by amynbell
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) by Julie Falatko
3.0
I'm on a roll for having been only mildly entertained by the children's books with supposedly clever tricks that have been nominated for the 2016 GoodReads Choice awards. I saw this one on a best-of-list back in August and thought we'd enjoy it. It was okay.
"You're an awful narrator," Snappsy the Alligator says to the narrator of the book. "You're just describing what you see in the illustrations."
I guess I'm not one to really be thrilled with 2nd person writing and "clever" children's books that take the entire book to get to the punchline. Honestly, I saw this on the bookshelf a few days later and realized I'd forgotten how it ended. I think I'd not check out these "clever" books from the library in the first place without having seen them on some list of magnificent books. Or perhaps my expectations are too high because I see such books in a list of wonderful books and my idea of wonderful children's books are something with an enduring story that begs to be read again and again.
"You're an awful narrator," Snappsy the Alligator says to the narrator of the book. "You're just describing what you see in the illustrations."
I guess I'm not one to really be thrilled with 2nd person writing and "clever" children's books that take the entire book to get to the punchline. Honestly, I saw this on the bookshelf a few days later and realized I'd forgotten how it ended. I think I'd not check out these "clever" books from the library in the first place without having seen them on some list of magnificent books. Or perhaps my expectations are too high because I see such books in a list of wonderful books and my idea of wonderful children's books are something with an enduring story that begs to be read again and again.