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This is the second time recently that I have gone back to revisit a book from my childhood. I think it might be the last. I find that for the most part my distant memories of these books are more pleasing than the reality of reading them at such an advanced age.
This book was sweet, but very unrealistic and unsatisfying. The child is too good, the characters too underdeveloped and the miracle too preposterous for my adult tastes. I think I will leave all the other childhood books that beacon my ...more
This book was sweet, but very unrealistic and unsatisfying. The child is too good, the characters too underdeveloped and the miracle too preposterous for my adult tastes. I think I will leave all the other childhood books that beacon my ...more
I’ve finally gotten around to reading this old classic. It’s pretty simple, being a children’s book, and paints a rather rosy picture of life. It’s meant to teach children a moral, too. It’s also a love letter to the Swiss Alps. I got kind of bored with the constant descriptions of grass and flowers.
Heidi is loved by everybody wherever she goes, except for a couple cranky characters. I was mad at them for telling her that kids don’t have real problems. The second half gets more religious, and i ...more
Heidi is loved by everybody wherever she goes, except for a couple cranky characters. I was mad at them for telling her that kids don’t have real problems. The second half gets more religious, and i ...more
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I’ve finally gotten around to reading this old classic. It’s pretty simple, being a children’s book, and paints a rather rosy picture of life. It’s meant to teach children a moral, too. It’s also a love letter to the Swiss Alps. I got kind of bored with the constant descriptions of grass and flowers.
Heidi is loved by everybody wherever she goes, except for a couple cranky characters. I was mad at them for telling her that kids don’t have real problems. The s ...more
I’ve finally gotten around to reading this old classic. It’s pretty simple, being a children’s book, and paints a rather rosy picture of life. It’s meant to teach children a moral, too. It’s also a love letter to the Swiss Alps. I got kind of bored with the constant descriptions of grass and flowers.
Heidi is loved by everybody wherever she goes, except for a couple cranky characters. I was mad at them for telling her that kids don’t have real problems. The s ...more
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