Difference between revisions of "The Wind in the Willows"
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==Review== | ==Review== | ||
===Good=== | ===Good=== | ||
| − | * | + | * There are some pretty good romantic descriptions of nature and adventure. For instance I like how Grahame describes the compulsion birds feel to migrate. |
===Bad=== | ===Bad=== | ||
| − | * The book is | + | * The book is very slow. Some portions, like when Rat and Mole stumble upon Badger's door, are even tedious. |
| + | * I don't care for the inclusion of Pan. Either set your story in a fantasy world or a natural world (with anthropomorphic animals), but don't dabble. Actually, the three side-stories are totally unnecessary and only slow the story down further. | ||
===Ugly=== | ===Ugly=== | ||
| − | * | + | * Toad's escape from prison is ridiculous. What kind of society allows prison escapees to just return to their homes just because they successfully evaded recapture? |
| + | * Toad is a horrible person. He's constantly lying to his friends, robbing innocent people, destroying property, and endangering the lives of bystanders. He really does belong in prison, and his friends are wrong to protect and coddle him. | ||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
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{{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows}} | {{Link|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows}} | ||
{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5659.The_Wind_in_the_Willows}} | {{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5659.The_Wind_in_the_Willows}} | ||
| + | {{Link|ProjectGutenberg|https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289}} | ||
| + | {{Link|LibriVox|https://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-2}} | ||
{{Link|TVTropes|https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheWindInTheWillows}} | {{Link|TVTropes|https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheWindInTheWillows}} | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 24 June 2019
The Wind In the Willows is a children's novel written by Kenneth Grahame and first published on 1908-06-15. The book is about four anthropomorphic animals, a mole, water rat, toad, and badger who live along a river and have adventures and share in their friendship.
My first experience with this story was from the 1988 cartoon Wind In the Willows which I saw as a child. I later saw Disney's The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Knowing the story was well-received, I decided to read it.
Status
I do not own this book. I am listening to an audio book recording.
Review
Good
- There are some pretty good romantic descriptions of nature and adventure. For instance I like how Grahame describes the compulsion birds feel to migrate.
Bad
- The book is very slow. Some portions, like when Rat and Mole stumble upon Badger's door, are even tedious.
- I don't care for the inclusion of Pan. Either set your story in a fantasy world or a natural world (with anthropomorphic animals), but don't dabble. Actually, the three side-stories are totally unnecessary and only slow the story down further.
Ugly
- Toad's escape from prison is ridiculous. What kind of society allows prison escapees to just return to their homes just because they successfully evaded recapture?
- Toad is a horrible person. He's constantly lying to his friends, robbing innocent people, destroying property, and endangering the lives of bystanders. He really does belong in prison, and his friends are wrong to protect and coddle him.
Media
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