hk0603's review
5.0
Great as always
Loved it. Maybe kids books but i like them. Ever since war horse. Might read another one but which one
Loved it. Maybe kids books but i like them. Ever since war horse. Might read another one but which one
ccapaldi's review
5.0
My Daughter and I absolutely loved reading Son of Gulliver after we finished reading a version of Gulliver’s Travels together. It tells the story of Omar, who is fleeing war-torn Afghanistan by sea, bound for England. He is shipwrecked and finds himself on Lilliput. Omar lives there for several years, learning about the story of Gulliver and walking in his footsteps. It is beautifully written and finishes in an emotional manner in typical Michael Morpurgo style. The text is accompanied by lovely illustrations by Michael Foreman.
bookworm04's review
5.0
Great as always
Loved it. Maybe kids books but i like them. Ever since war horse. Might read another one but which one
Loved it. Maybe kids books but i like them. Ever since war horse. Might read another one but which one
nickimags's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I love how Michael Morpurgo takes important real stories from the current affairs or history and writes them for children. This book is a retelling of Gulliver’s Travels, brought right up to date about a refugee boy from Afghanistan. It’s quite sad in parts and I can imagine might be scary for young children, but it’s an important story that needs to be told. I loved the narration by Akbar Kurtha a new-to-me narrator. He was fantastic at bringing the different characters to life, and particularly had me marvelling at his portrayal of one older female character’s voice! A really lovely story that I’m glad I listened to rather than read.
kimmi's review
4.0
I really like the link to Gulliver's Travels (which I am adding to want to read, if its anywhere near as good as this) and the way that Son Of Gulliver solves their problems. The ending was very sweet, and as usual Morpurgo lost and regained hope, which I've found he's very good at. Overall, a great read!
theresapetray's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Sweet and touching story, well narrated in audiobook format.
mj_22's review
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
aoife26935's review
5.0
Omar is forced to flee Afganistan. He hopes to meet his mother again in the mystical place called England, where people smile and help each other and there is no war. But his boat goes down at sea and he wakes up somewhere very different...
I'll admit, I've never read Gulliver all the way through, just children's versions, so I can't say how accurate this is to the original. However, on its own merits, it's a beautiful story, very much a Michael Morpurgo. My early version doesn't have all the illustrations, but there's enough that I can tell this is going to be a very beautiful book.
Morpurgo and Foreman are an excellent team and this is going to be a wonderful book. I mean, I cried. But that's par for the course with these guys!
Between Gran Baruta and Tapit - and my friends sitting here on my shoulders - I was discovering so much about Gulliver; for instance, how he had brought the English language to Lilliput three hundred or more years before, which was why everyone on the island now spoke two languages, Lilliputian and English. I discovered, in time, that the suit of clothes I was wearing had not been newly made for me, as I had always supposed, but was altered from some of Gulliver's clothes that they had kept and looked after when he left. As for my house, it had been Gulliver's house when he was on Lilliput. Like my clothes, it had been cared for all these years, and looked after, so that everything would be ready for him if he ever came back.
"He never did come back," Gran Baruta told me sadly one evening. "But we never forgot him, never forgot what he did for us, how his wise words changed our life here forever, helped us become who we are. The spirit of Guliver lives on. He may not have come back as we hoped, but you did, Son of Gulliver, you did."
So I was learning more and more about this Gulliver who had been there before me. But about Blufecu, they would tell me nothing. Just a mention of it and everyone fell silent. Blufescu was a closed subject.
I'll admit, I've never read Gulliver all the way through, just children's versions, so I can't say how accurate this is to the original. However, on its own merits, it's a beautiful story, very much a Michael Morpurgo. My early version doesn't have all the illustrations, but there's enough that I can tell this is going to be a very beautiful book.
Morpurgo and Foreman are an excellent team and this is going to be a wonderful book. I mean, I cried. But that's par for the course with these guys!
Between Gran Baruta and Tapit - and my friends sitting here on my shoulders - I was discovering so much about Gulliver; for instance, how he had brought the English language to Lilliput three hundred or more years before, which was why everyone on the island now spoke two languages, Lilliputian and English. I discovered, in time, that the suit of clothes I was wearing had not been newly made for me, as I had always supposed, but was altered from some of Gulliver's clothes that they had kept and looked after when he left. As for my house, it had been Gulliver's house when he was on Lilliput. Like my clothes, it had been cared for all these years, and looked after, so that everything would be ready for him if he ever came back.
"He never did come back," Gran Baruta told me sadly one evening. "But we never forgot him, never forgot what he did for us, how his wise words changed our life here forever, helped us become who we are. The spirit of Guliver lives on. He may not have come back as we hoped, but you did, Son of Gulliver, you did."
So I was learning more and more about this Gulliver who had been there before me. But about Blufecu, they would tell me nothing. Just a mention of it and everyone fell silent. Blufescu was a closed subject.
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