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A 3.5 star rating. Rounded up.
Walter Moers creates a vivid and imaginative universe and stays absolutely true to it to the very end. I've read a number of his books by now, and this is definitely the best.
I love his way of using the book media to tell his story, and though I generally don't care much for illustrations one way or another, here they definitely enhance the story. The characters are original and well described, and the 13.5 lives different enough to make for a very interesting story ...more
Walter Moers creates a vivid and imaginative universe and stays absolutely true to it to the very end. I've read a number of his books by now, and this is definitely the best.
I love his way of using the book media to tell his story, and though I generally don't care much for illustrations one way or another, here they definitely enhance the story. The characters are original and well described, and the 13.5 lives different enough to make for a very interesting story ...more
May 25, 2008
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Bluebears have a total of 27 lives, but this particular bluebear tells his story of the first 13 1/2. He begins as a tiny little thing on a nutshell in the middle of the Zamonian Sea who is taken under the wings of mini pirates. As Bluebear grows they send him off into the world where he encounters different characters throughout the first 13 1/2 years of his life. Each chapter indicates a new chapter in his life, and he remains there until he learns what he is meant to learn and/or succeeds wha
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This book is less a novel and more a ... travelogue? Fictional memoir? Collection of tall tales? It certainly has shades of fables and fairy tales, enough to give it the feel of a children's book, although its length and its (occasional) dark subject matter belie that feeling. At the very least, it's clever and entertaining.
The thing is, it doesn't feel like a novel. The 13½ chapters each have their own trials to overcome, some complete with antagonists, but there isn't an overarching plot that ...more
The thing is, it doesn't feel like a novel. The 13½ chapters each have their own trials to overcome, some complete with antagonists, but there isn't an overarching plot that ...more
Oct 14, 2015
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