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Goody und Cedric #1

by Othmar Franz Lang

German

Genres: Vampires, German Literature, Childrens

222 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

Reviews

[Beyondiego · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eine sehr niedliche Geschichte aus der Perspektive von zwei Kindern. Anfangs kann man sie auch als sozialkritisch verstehen, da Misstrauen gegenüber Fremden und Außenseitern thematisiert wird. Dann verbreiten sich Gerüchte, die durch Panik und erfundene Fakten zur Wahrheit werden. Insgesamt ist es jedoch eine sympathische Geschichte mit viel Herz und Humor. Außerdem gibt es witzige und absurde Geschehnisse.

[oliviasbooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since I used to love volume two as a kid, I hunted down the series starter, which had me foaming around the mouth pretty much from page one onwards. The series was written as late as the early eighties, which I wouldn't guess from reading the story. It shows how completely embalmed in female inferiority we grew up that I didn't notice as a child how outrageously old-fashioned and degrading the role of women in many, many children's books really were. Here, we have Mrs. Sloane being permanently afraid of her husband, eleven-years-old Goody, wo is advised (by her quaint psychologist father!) to think of marrying only, if her future adult body unexpectedly turns out to be rounder than her teenaged one - the same Goody, who naturally has to do ALL the housework, even though her windowed father seems to be perfectly capable to do his part, Goody's two years-old sister Anne, who is shipped off to aunt Henrietta, because her father does not put enough effort in finding a new wife/mummy/housekeeper (teacher Junie would do nicely and would have to stop being a teacher, of course), Cedric, who apart from being constantly abused by his father, is always the one of the duo who is asked to change the lightbulb or see to complicated stuff, and there are people wondering how Goody kept her secret, even though she is a girl (girls usually cannot keep their mouths shut). The list could go on and on and on. Unbelievable!

[Elke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Das Buch ist sehr witzig geschrieben und erzaehlt eine voellig neue Variante einer Vampirgeschichte auf unblutige Weise.

[Sanji · Rating 4 out of 5]

7.5/10