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Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Group Read Archive 2014-16

Genre Group Read (Humour) - December 2016 - You Are Not So Smart
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Dec 14, 2018 Wendy rated it liked it

Shelves: in-translation, 2018, ya-mg, classics

What I'd give to be a fly on the wall during the meeting where Disney made the decision to adapt this weird, dark book into one of his signature whimsical confections, with most of the darkness sublimated out first, of course.

"...but the talking cricket that gets smashed with a hammer, sir?"
"No, let's give him a name, and an umbrella, and our signature song! That way, any child inspired to seek out the original book from our cartoon will be that much more traumatized."
"But book Pinocchio is pre ...more

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Oct 26, 2009 rachel rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, the-worst

Were it not for the last 40 pages, this would easily have been a one star book. That's how much I hated Pinocchio's stupidity in service of Collodi teaching kids a lesson. I laughed way too hard when Pinocchio, being stupid as usual, got punched in the head. And at one point halfway through it, I got up to go do my dishes, figuring even that would be more fun than reading this book.

There is way too much moralizing going on here for me, but it does get a lot better when the recognizable plot poi ...more

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Nov 18, 2021 Elle rated it liked it

3.5 stars.

My rating of this book is both helped by and suffers from my previous viewing of the Disney adaptation. It was helped because I already more or less knew the progression of the plot, so all of the weirdness didn't hit quite as hard as it otherwise would have. Because to be honest, this baby is ALL over the place. There isn't a whole lot that makes sense in terms of a normal movement of the plot...it's all crazy fever dream stuff. I forgave a lot of that because I more or less already e ...more

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Dec 14, 2018 Sean Harding rated it really liked it

The original classic tale of the puppet who wanted to be a boy and his adventures. Some surprising differences from all the retellings, and some things that have been retained. It did have a different sense of atmosphere that n say the Disney version or later retellings.
The presentation in the volume I read was amazing, and the story was very good.

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May 08, 2014 Lucy Mason rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, ya-and-children, 2014

I read this thinking 'if I ever have children I can't wait to read this to them mwuahaha'. ...more

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Apr 12, 2009 Hege rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009, barnebok

This was a fun read for both me and the kids.
I've been reading a chapter ot two before bedtime ;)
And it's so much better than all of the Disney versions! ...more

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