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buffalomj 's review for:
The Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
I read this back in college, and have grown even more fond of it since. There is so much to dive into here: from the morality of children to the expectations of caregivers, from mortality to even questioning what it means to be alive. I love Pinocchio, and find it a fascinating story.
When originally published, it was a serialized work in a newspaper. That means that each chapter wraps up fairly nicely and has little connection with the next. Collodi even kills off Pinocchio in an attempt to be done with the character, but his editor convinced him to bring the character back. (A tactic later attempted by Arthur Conan Doyle, who also failed.)
Like all work that Disney draws from, this story is even darker than the movie, and that is absolutely saying something, because do you remember how dark that movie gets?? I cannot recommend this book enough to all sorts of readers, whether you love children's literature or not.
When originally published, it was a serialized work in a newspaper. That means that each chapter wraps up fairly nicely and has little connection with the next. Collodi even kills off Pinocchio in an attempt to be done with the character, but his editor convinced him to bring the character back. (A tactic later attempted by Arthur Conan Doyle, who also failed.)
Like all work that Disney draws from, this story is even darker than the movie, and that is absolutely saying something, because do you remember how dark that movie gets?? I cannot recommend this book enough to all sorts of readers, whether you love children's literature or not.