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A review by giantarms
The Golden Key by George MacDonald
3.0
A charming little story of two children's journey to . . . do something? Really full of quite lovely imagery and fanciful characters, but overall it was another one of those stories where the characters don't do things so much as have things done to them. Still, I'd read it again for the images in my mind.
Because lordy lord, the images by Sendak were uninspiring. MacDonald writes something like, "And he looked at the MOST AMAZING THING EVER which I will presently describe in GREAT DETAIL." What's Sendak come up with? A sketchy woodcut or something of a some kid kinda looking at something or whatever. Gee. Thanks. That was worth the effort, I'm sure.
Because lordy lord, the images by Sendak were uninspiring. MacDonald writes something like, "And he looked at the MOST AMAZING THING EVER which I will presently describe in GREAT DETAIL." What's Sendak come up with? A sketchy woodcut or something of a some kid kinda looking at something or whatever. Gee. Thanks. That was worth the effort, I'm sure.