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I loved this series as a kid, but it lacked something this time around. I don't know if it was too trite or what.
I imagine that, for me, rereading this as an adult was like what rereading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe would be for a non-believer. "Wow, that's WAY more over the top than I remember." That's not to say, I didn't pick up on the Christian themes as a kid. I did. It's just that with a deeper theological background now, some of the dialogue in the book seems a little forced.
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I imagine that, for me, rereading this as an adult was like what rereading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe would be for a non-believer. "Wow, that's WAY more over the top than I remember." That's not to say, I didn't pick up on the Christian themes as a kid. I did. It's just that with a deeper theological background now, some of the dialogue in the book seems a little forced.
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I don't think I've read this book since Mum first translated it to Danish in 1991! Neither the plot nor the writing is anything out of the ordinary, but it's pretty good, and easily accessible to the target audience. I remember this as being the weakest of the Cooper Kids books, so am still looking forward to re-reading the next three.
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Aug 15, 2023
Shauna
marked it as to-read
