berthe33's review
2.0
Way too surreal for me. The "derailing" became too difficult to follow...were we dreaming...were we imagining...is it really happening ??? An interesting concept to be sure.
lisagray68's review
Darn, I really thought I would like this fictional story of Christopher Robin's life. Let down though -- I just couldn't follow the story line. 100 pages in, and the two story lines still had nothing at all to do with each other. I couldn't find a way to care about the other story line that did not have to do with Christopher Robin. I suppose they do end up meeting at some point, but with 7 more books on my nightstand, I'm just not invested enough to find out. I gave it two stars because I really like the idea concept.
beththebookdragon's review against another edition
2.0
Well written, low-key and quirky, but not at all compelling. I stopped reading around the third chapter.
teachmke's review against another edition
2.0
The story was confusing, partly due to my lack of French history, and the rest because I still don't understand the connection between the French history and Winnie the Pooh. The story was jumbled and dream like, I think? Am i missing something? I usually can find my place in a story but I struggled through this.
calabrag's review against another edition
2.0
Picked this up because of a favorable review in Library Journal. I should have paid more attention to the use of the word "transcendent" in the subtitle-- this just wasn't for me.
jekahben's review against another edition
1.0
Maybe I'm dumb but this book made no sense to me and I was too bored to figure it out.
lisagray68's review against another edition
Darn, I really thought I would like this fictional story of Christopher Robin's life. Let down though -- I just couldn't follow the story line. 100 pages in, and the two story lines still had nothing at all to do with each other. I couldn't find a way to care about the other story line that did not have to do with Christopher Robin. I suppose they do end up meeting at some point, but with 7 more books on my nightstand, I'm just not invested enough to find out. I gave it two stars because I really like the idea concept.
tundragirl's review against another edition
3.0
What a strange little novel this is.
Christopher Robin Milne is all grown up and runs a book store, but weird, dreamlike things keep happening to him. There's also boy in France who possibly has mental problems. The two come together during the student uprisings of the late 1960s and crazy shit happens.
It's hard to describe.
Christopher Robin Milne is all grown up and runs a book store, but weird, dreamlike things keep happening to him. There's also boy in France who possibly has mental problems. The two come together during the student uprisings of the late 1960s and crazy shit happens.
It's hard to describe.
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