ljrinaldi's review
2.0
I admit I am probably not the audience for this book, so take my review with a whole wad of salt, and go on from there.
First, let me say that this whole book is written in verse, nonsense verse at that. I like me my nonsense verse. I like the Hunting of the Snark (though it does get tedious at times), and I love the Edward Lear poems, so it isn't like I don't get nonsense verse.
But this nonsense verse, I found dreadfully boring. I did not care about anyone. I did not care about the hole. I did not care about Kirby the Sneak or Arlo the True.
Second, though the title and the pictures make one think that this is meant for children, it is far to long and too few pictures to be a picture book. So, it is an adult book with pictures.
And even though it was only 128 pages long, and only five stanzas per page, I could not finish this. I just didn't care.
Thanks to Netgalley for supplying this book for an honest review.
First, let me say that this whole book is written in verse, nonsense verse at that. I like me my nonsense verse. I like the Hunting of the Snark (though it does get tedious at times), and I love the Edward Lear poems, so it isn't like I don't get nonsense verse.
But this nonsense verse, I found dreadfully boring. I did not care about anyone. I did not care about the hole. I did not care about Kirby the Sneak or Arlo the True.
Second, though the title and the pictures make one think that this is meant for children, it is far to long and too few pictures to be a picture book. So, it is an adult book with pictures.
And even though it was only 128 pages long, and only five stanzas per page, I could not finish this. I just didn't care.
Thanks to Netgalley for supplying this book for an honest review.
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