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I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book. I think everyone should read it. The wonderful characters and the play on words....
I did not love this book. In fact, I was pretty much grateful to be finished with it. However, I do have a healthy respect for it: it is witty and clever and I imagine it would be quite thrilling for children with big vocabularies--they'd feel smart and learn something as an added plus!
I liked the idea of Milo's quest to bring back Reason and Rhyme. I liked the Demons in the Mountains of Ignorance. I liked the gentle chastisement of using too many meaningless words. I particularly liked that he ...more
I liked the idea of Milo's quest to bring back Reason and Rhyme. I liked the Demons in the Mountains of Ignorance. I liked the gentle chastisement of using too many meaningless words. I particularly liked that he ...more
A fun read - kind of humorous that I am 30 years old the first time I read it! This one is going to be one to have on the kids bookshelves in a few years.
The back flap starts to describe the book "For Milo, everything's a bore.". I was wondering how applicable it would be in this world of kids getting smartphones and playing with iPads from a young age - I mean, that's the problem right? Kids (and adults) aren't bored anymore, we are too preoccupied with ... everything? However, I found it very ...more
The back flap starts to describe the book "For Milo, everything's a bore.". I was wondering how applicable it would be in this world of kids getting smartphones and playing with iPads from a young age - I mean, that's the problem right? Kids (and adults) aren't bored anymore, we are too preoccupied with ... everything? However, I found it very ...more
I really love the things that a children's book can do that adult books just can't get away with. All of the word play and the obvious life lessons are so clever and striking, I think I loved this even more as an adult who can truly appreciate all of the lessons. Such a fantastic book.
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Cute. I imagine I would've liked it even more if I was a fan of wordplay, but I've always been sort of offended by puns and the like. I don't know why! This book has a great message that's wrapped in a fun story, so it's a winner. I can't say I loved the characters as much as some readers seem to, but that might've had to do with the whole wordplay thing. And the, ahem, lack of females.
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Apr 17, 2011
Kat
marked it as to-read
May 30, 2011
Misty
marked it as to-read
Dec 13, 2011
Laura
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2012
Jurgen_i
marked it as to-read
Aug 07, 2013
Michael Anson
marked it as to-read
Aug 08, 2014
Joy Gerbode
marked it as to-read
Mar 14, 2015
Will Granger
marked it as to-read
Jun 03, 2015
Mihaela
marked it as to-read
Jul 28, 2016
Andrea
marked it as on-my-shelf
